The controls that do not degrade over a session
Cloth, headwear, eyewear and the surfaces everybody misses. The section for anybody who has worked out that a film cannot survive four hours under a strap.
Clothing as the primary control
Cloth does not migrate, does not sting, is not wiped off by a strap and performs the same in hour four as in hour one. For anybody exercising long, it is the first control, not the last.
Helmets, caps and the scalp
A parting is a strip of skin facing straight up at the sun, and nothing you apply to it survives a session. Headwear is not a comfort decision.
Eyewear in sport
Eyes receive ultraviolet directly and by reflection, and no amount of anything applied to skin does anything about it. Eyewear is a separate control with a separate job.
Lips and ears
Nothing covers them, nothing is applied to them, and they face the sun at a high angle for the whole session. They are the most consistent gap in any exposure plan.
Tan lines as evidence
By August you are carrying a precise record of where your kit sits, how long you have been out and which surfaces your plan has been ignoring. It is worth reading.
Gloves, hands and forearms
The backs of the hands face straight up in almost every sport and job, and the palms are gripping something abrasive the whole time. Very few plans account for either.
The session brief
One email a month on exposure, heat and sun protection for people who train outdoors and people who work outdoors. No product recommendations, because we do not make any. Each issue carries a single clearly labelled sponsor line that has no influence on anything above it.
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