Oh and to your actual questions, get good boots, not Irish setters, but decent boots could make the difference between hating your life and being ok....
Are you a skier? Good stiff mountain boots are like ski boots in a way, a biatch to walk around in on hard flat ground but a god-send in the snow or...
How tough are you mentally? Thats the biggest aspect. If you can be in uncomfortable situations and simple get through it without it getting in your...