[pct-l] Pants...

[Jeffrey Olson]

I can echo Steel-Eye's experience.  In 2005 I started south from Canada 
on June 10 and spent the first four days of my six week section hike in 
clouds, snow and sleet.  I didn't have any pants with me, and didn't 
miss them.  I went up the knife edge and over into the Snowgrass flats 
area in rain and wind, and found my frogg togg rain jacket was too short 
(not a problem in snow or sleet) and my poly-pro shirt wicked wetness up 
underneath my jacket, which led to me being cold.  However, cold legs 
were never a problem.  I remember dropping down and when I hit the first 
set of trees I set up my kitchen in the middle of the trail under a big 
tree and was fortunate to have a fellow I named "Sweet-man" stop by for 
ten minutes.  That wasn't his trail name - that I don't remember.  But I 
do remember that every other sentence consisted of a long, drawn-out 
"Sweeeeeet!!!"

Jeff, just Jeff.. 

Steel-Eye wrote:
>  Running or hiking, I've 
> found that I'm comfortable with bare legs down to about 20 deg. F given 
> average wind speed, and bare legs dry much more quickly than pant legs after 
> a fording event.
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