Well, like I said, the order doesn't make any sense if the wool is against the skin. Maybe you've been getting less result than possible with the way you've done it. I'm not just stating this as a random mountain climber, this was chapter and verse in the mountaineering basic climbing course offered by the Mountaineers, based in Seattle (I took the course and taught for several years with the Everett branch). Here's a citation for you: Mountaineering, Freedom of the Hills has been revised many times, so they probably recommend gortex sox by now, but for many years it was cotton on the inside, wool outside, all inside the climbing boots.

Pat, we have an "open concept" house in the living/kitchen/front room area, but the bedrooms can be closed off to conserve heat. And my closet it large enough that if I decided to evict my clothing and install a cot and a double mattress, they'd fill it but the room would stay warm for sleepers. I have one of those oil-filled radiators and it adds a few degrees to the garage for the dogs. If it got too cold here, the dogs would come in, along with their heater. The cats could hang out in one room, I'm sure the dogs would enjoy a night alongside the beds. (No dogs on the beds! No way! They're bed hogs! It'll be a really really cold night in Texas to be a "two dog night.")

SRS