(meteorobs) Fwd Casper ter Kuile: wintertime observing dangers

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• From: Rainer Arlt <100114.1361@CompuServedot com>
• Date: 02 Dec 96 15:24:15 EST
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Marco Langbroek wrote about coldness:

> It happened during the Geminids of 1991 and was
> not fun at all.  We observed for two full nights (12hrs each) 
> with temperatures at a -10 C level, and I had not taken care
> properly of my feet (wrong boots). So they got seriously
> frozen after only a few hours.

I remember my Geminid observation in 1990 when I didn't feel anything of my feet
and lower legs anymore. Fortunately, all my nerves recovered well. This was the
most uncomfortable observation I have ever made... Rainer

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