With one hand fully exposed to the minus-20-degree chill, I struggled with my pack’s zipper.
My long, skinny fingers are functionally mediocre at best, borderline incapable when they’re cold, but I desperately needed the layer of clothing inside the pack to be on my body. Specifically, I needed it out of the bag and under the Gore-Tex jacket I was wearing, then both of those zipped and my hand back in the mitten.
