Cold facts: You’ll be warmer if you relax rather than resist

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There’s a warming rush of vitality that comes when you realize it does no good to fight the cold.

Christine Cunningham surveys the view while Cogswell does the same. (Photo by Steve Meyer) My first realization that there is a positive side to cold came in the back of a fishing boat one rainy August morning. We were silver fishing that day and left the dock well before sunrise. The clouds and rain obliterated the moonlight and sealed in the effect of the weather. My neck sunk as far into the cradle of my shoulders and shirt collar as it could. The hood on my rain jacket flapped over my head like a loose tent vestibule. My eyes focused on the floorboards, and my fists clenched around soggy c

Cold facts: You’ll be warmer if you relax rather than resist

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