[pct-l] Mont Bell down sweater

[cmkudija@earthlink.net]

Vic,

How on earth did you acquire your trail name??????

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
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On Tue Dec 05 21:30:52 PST 2006, Vic Hanson 
<vichansonperu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>      I used the Mont Bell down sweater this year on my thru hike 
> and loved it. I never used it when hiking though because it was 
> too warm after just a few minutes (like when I forgot to take it 
> off on cold mornings when I started hiking). I wore a DuoFold 
> short sleeve T-shirt the whole time, added a DuoFold long sleeve 
> one in Washington when it got colder. I also used a Montane 
> Pertex shell (3.7 oz I think) as my outer layer. It only has a 
> half zipper which was my only complaint, a full zip would be 
> better to regulate temp better. I ended up pulling it up from the 
> waist at times to avoid stopping and taking my pack off to remove 
> it. Those four tops were sufficient all through California and 
> Oregon. I used a silk underwear top to sleep in for about the 
> first third of the trip, but rarely bothered with it later and 
> finally stopped carrying it. The only other top I used was a 
> North Face hooded rain jacket that I got on sale for about $10, 
> Not breathable but never leaked and I
>  just unzipped it if I needed ventilation. I think I had that 
> sent to me in Seiad Valley. I wore it a lot in Washington, 
> especially the last week as we had cold rainy weather. I didn't 
> carry rainpants. My biggest cold problem was my hands, which get 
> cold easily. Should have had some waterproof gloves, mine weren't 
> and I had cold wet hands a lot.
>      Sugar Daddy
> 
> 
> Check out my yahoo blog for info and pictures of my PCT hike:
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