In reply to BnB:
> I simply can't wear long sleeves under a puffy and then work up a sweat. My arms would turn beetroot. Funny how we can be so different.
I am with you on this one.
Have some thermals with cut down arms but zip neck, never seen that combo for sale.
Cut pockets off some garments , do you really need one on every layer?
Also cut neck collars off waistcoats etc.
Rarely bother with hemming cut edges, it can reduce the stretch and the materials rarely run, also CBA
Edit. the best mod was getting a few more years out of an Ice Warrior Pertex Pile jacket, resurrecting it from gardening duties. Left the wind proofing on the hood, cut the sleeves down to just above elbow, took the pertex off the body and what was left of the arms.
Affectionately dubbed the " tramp coat", it was brilliant for cold weather climbing.
Sadly left on a stance on the Rouse/Carrington on the Perillons, assuming an abseil descent when an over the top decision was made. Anybody got it? Lucky fellow.
Post edited at 20:03