[pct-l] clothing question

G. Lowe aka Wheeew gailpl2003 at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 14 17:36:48 CST 2008


You bring up good points Steel-Eye.  I was concerned about carrying "all things down" on my hike.  I was going to post a question regarding this same issue.  Here it is:  If I have serious Capilene long johns, a long sleeve shirt, DriClime wind shirt and rain gear, do I really need a down jacket too???  Or any other jacket for that matter???

Wheeew

Steel-Eye <chelin at teleport.com> wrote:        Good morning, Moondog,
  
 I haven’t found the PCT to be  particularly cold in the hiking season.   Frost in the morning and occasional light snowfall aren’t uncommon, but  that’s nothing for an active hiker.   All I use is: 1) a poly tee shirt, 2) a 200-weight, pull-over fleece  shirt/jacket, and 3) a thin, hooded windshirt.  The jacket is an off-brand that I bought  on sale for about $10. and it weighs 10.5 oz.  The GoLite Ether windshirt weighs 3.0  oz.  Wearing both, I’m comfortable  until I warm up on the trail.  Soon,  first the wind shirt comes off, then later the fleece.  During a break the windshirt goes back  on.  Examples of that can be seen  at: 
 http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye on  the entries for 5 & 6 June, except in that on the 6th the  windshirt was a Marmot rather than the GoLite.  I couldn’t do that with a Flight  Jacket.  
  
 I’d love to have a Flight Jacket,  and several times I’ve come close to buying one since it weighs about the same  as my fleece alone, but for me it would be too warm and I couldn’t get the  same ventilation when layering.   Besides, the Flight Jacket costs over $210. more than the cheap-o  fleece.
  
 I have three down jackets by  other manufacturers, but in the more chronically wet areas 
. like where I live  in the Northwest 
. they are usually too warm and they seem to get sopped around  the shoulders under rain gear.  The  fleece performs much better for me under those circumstances.
  
 I  have several vests, both fleece and down, but I don’t often take them on the  trail.  My problem:  With advanced years I notice the cold on  my arms more than I used to, so I like long sleeves.
  
 Steel-Eye
  
  
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 -----  Original Message ----- 

    From:    David Stewart 
   To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
   Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:59    AM
   Subject: [pct-l] clothing question
   

   I am having some trouble deciding about an insulating layer. Everyone    raves about the WM Flight Jacket. I have no doubts that that sucker is nice    and warm. But I am a warm sleeper and generally warm all the time. I hardly    ever use a 2nd layer while hiking, unless it is cold and raining. 
    
   I will have two baselyer shirts with me, Marmot Precip Jacket and a TNF    Windstopper Vest. I am debating to go with the WM Flash vest, or the Flight    vest. I could imagine the Flight Jacket being simply too warm, except perhaps    in the Sierras (but there is some 2300 other miles of trails to carry the    jacket...). 
    
   Layer up? or is it really that cold?
    
   my bag will be the WM Summerlite. 
    
   one last question to ponder: Is anyone slicker than Tom Brady?    seriously.
    
   -moondog
      

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