[pct-l] linen shirt in the desert

[Donna Saufley]

Also consider silk shirts, which can be picked up at a thrift store cheap.
They have all of the properties you spoke of, however, are a useful base
layer in that silk, like wool, retains its insulative properties when wet. 

L-Rod

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of RobTrailmail
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 2:07 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] linen shirt in the desert



Hi everyone,

first of all I wish you all a merry x-mas and a happy new year!!

Keep going on writing to the list - I really enjoy reading the postings,
the tipps, the info, the haggling about word-definitions, etc.

Today I'd like to ask your opinions about wearing a linen shirt in the
desert.
Just assuming we'll have similar weather conditions in 2008 as we had in
2004,
I'm thinking about wearing a linen shirt while hiking from Campo up to Ken.
Meadows. I know that linen is not wicking but then sweat is the  
natural cooling
mechanism of the body, so why would I want to get rid of the cooling fluid
on
my skin while hiking in the blazing desert sun?

Well, in cold conditions like in '05 I wouldn't want to wear linen, of
course.

I wore a micro fibre hiking shirt in '04 and I was hot sometimes so I think
I
might be comfortable with a cooling down linen shirt, although it won't dry
as
quick of course.

Does anybody have experience with linen in the desert?
Did I oversee some important disadvantages of linen?

Thanks for the help.

-germanator-





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