No worries. No enlightened individual who is familiar with the Internet will take things personally if others make assumptions about him or her without knowing the person.

J.D…?

Are you always this quick to pass judgement on people you don’t know?

Anyway, I’m not here to participate in an immature online debate involving ad hominem arguments. I already got the information I needed, so if nobody has any better advice about good winter clothing I will just say:

Bye bye and thanks for all the fish.

In Norway one can walk almost everywhere as long as it is 150 meters from a house, and one can put up a tent almost anywhere too, presupoosing that one moves the tent after 2 days if staying in the vicinity of houses. It’s a law.

When I wrote that we got some kind of walkabout tradition in Norway it only means that it is socially accepted to live outdoors, and people think it is cool if you do it.

Here is a young woman living in a mountain cave:

http://www.ba.no/nyheter/ida-19-bor-i-en-fjellhule/s/1-41-7276015

Even children sleep outside on the veranda, like this 5 year old who wants to stay outside a whole winter, alone(!):

http://www.abcnyheter.no/livet/2011/11/22/141349/david-5-vil-sove-ute-alene-i-hele-vinter

This 52 year old sporty woman also sleeps outside the whole year:

http://www.ta.no/nyheter/jeg-er-bygdas-eneste-uteligger/s/1-111-7340999

And through the country we probably have many young men, like this “viking”, who have lived outside a whole winter or year just as a challenge and experience freedom:

http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/denne-mannen-bor-ute–helt-frivillig/3066012.html

Our modern national heroes are Lars Monsen and Cecilie Skog:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Monsen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilie_Skog

And finally we got all the men and women who want to be part of the Special Forces:

http://thornews.com/2014/02/15/author-conversations-tom-bakkeli-inside-the-special-forces/

Of 1400 applicants 10 women just finished the Special Forces training:

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/1400-fikk-tilbudet—ti-kvinner-kom-seg-gjennom-Forsvarets-ekstremutdanning-8133834.html

Basically, when you live in small towns in Norway you can only do two things: enjoy nature and play computer games. So many stay outside, more or less, though materialism and a sedentary lifestyle have become the main rule now unfortunately. I have also become influenced by this modern trend, and enjoy it actually, but it’s not freedom.

The expedition parka from Goose, which has been field tested by scientists in Antarctica, seems really good. Thanks for that inspiring advice!

Fishing? Well, we put our trust in Cod, and oil. Seriously, however, fishing is good, in small lakes up in the mountains or the Northern salmon rivers. Many have it as a hobby, combined with hunting.

I’m not that into photography, but google “Lofoten” and you will see one of the beautiful places on Earth, with winter surfing and killer whale safaries.

Interesting, I guess you mean 35 celsius, right? And is the suit “living room”-warm when sitting still for hours at around -15 c?

Btw, in Norway it’s not unheard of that some live a year outside in the wilderness. Guess it’s our kind of Australian walkabout or just the heritage from Nansen and Amundsen.

At my age, however, it’s not healthy anymore to endure months of cold weather if the gear is not good enough. So appreciate your advice.

Staying warm is more important than weight. Will use lighter gear when being more active, like skiing.

-15 c is the highest, though I expect some days up to -30, but then I will be more active during daytime and stay in the tent in the evening.

I live outside Oslo. If the gear is warm enough I can stay outside a whole winter since I enjoy mountains and forests. My main concern is humidity near the fjords. Not good if my slight arthritis get worse. So I’m really dependent on genuinely warm clothing, especially since I prefer to stay outside my tent as much as possible, sitting in a portable chair while studying math and physics under the starry sky.

Thanks for replies! Appreciate it a lot. Have spent a whole winter outside in Norway with suboptimal gear when I was younger, so now it’s reassuring to know that I can get clothing that will provide “creature comforts” to an old dog