[pct-l] Umbrellas

[Steel-Eye]

Good afternoon, All,

I thought seriously about using an umbrella in parts of SoCal, and I'm sure it would have been a great piece of mobile shade, but I use hiking poles and I've not yet seen a hands-free device which I believe could resist the wind.  In the Mojave around Cottonwood Creek I remember reporting that I had to lean into the wind and push hard with my poles to go downhill.

Steel-Eye

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brick Robbins 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:54 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Umbrellas


  on Jan 22, 2008 10:46 AM, Patrick Beggan <meta474 at gmail.com> wrote:

    What is this obsession with umbrellas? I mean, seriously, I'm not being a troll here -- why do so many people like them? 

  Ahhhh Grasshopper!

  Umbrellas are the Ray Way, the way of true enlightenment. Follow the one true path and soon you will even begin to like the one true food: corn pasta. 

  But seriously, I'm in your camp. I tried an umbrella and didn't like it either, but some folks seem to.

  HYOH



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