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Just as a random aside here since we're talking about base layers...
I spent much of my youth doing serious backpacking trips (as much as 400 miles at a time) and eventually got into mountaineering and ended up professionally guiding off and on while I was in college.
When I first started out, polypro was what I wore for long underwear, and it's still what I bring along for chilly nights on summer backpacking trips. Then I went through a phase where my base layer was silk. But what I finally settled on (particularly for cold weather) is wool. You might think that having wool next to your skin would be awful, but the stuff you can buy nowadays is just fantastic and will not pill like polypro does (and doesn't hold a funk like polypro does!). The brand I prefer is called SmartWool... pricey but worth it. The next time you guys are looking at long underwear, take a look at this stuff.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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