I can't help but yank a few chains when folks from the south start talking about how hard winter riding is but do understand that everything is relative.

I can deal with -40 weather here (cold and dry) but put me in Portland in the winter when it is perpetually cold and damp and I freeze my ass off... I will wear almost the same gear there as I do here.

Put me out in the hot sun and I will burst into flames unless you cover me with SPF 25000.