[pct-l] Dri-clime Windshirt

[Patrick]

Well, it's a zip-front garment, so in classic terminology it would  
probably be a jacket. But Marmot called it a windshirt for a long  
time. I think now they've changed the official name of it, so it may  
officially be a jacket now. It's confusing, I guess. But a windshirt  
is generally much simpler than a jacket, by virtue of not having a  
full zippered front.


On Jan 4, 2009, at 12:24 PM, kcristler wrote:

> on a bit more serious note; diane called it a windshirt 2 times and  
> called
> it a jacket 4 times. Can someone explain to me just what a  
> "windshirt" is?
>                        Kerry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com 
> >
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:51 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Dri-clime Windshirt
>
>
>> I have a Marmot Dri-clime windshirt, all black. I was hiking off
>> trail with my boyfriend yesterday. After crawling on my belly through
>> some chaparral I noticed my jacket was gone. So close to our goal of
>> Hurricane Deck, a hellish ridge in the San Rafael wilderness that
>> captivates people even stronger and more tenaciously than the PCT, I
>> could think only of my jacket. I plunged back into the chaparral but
>> could not find my jacket. My arms were bloody and my pants torn as I
>> hurled myself through the wicked brush with branches tangled around
>> my legs and caught in my hair. We had to abort our mission to forge a
>> cross-country route to the Deck, a place we swore we'd never visit
>> again after the last attempt hiking it left us and all our gear in
>> shreds. I followed our footprints back a very long way. My jacket had
>> simply fallen off the back of my pack and was laying out among the
>> burned out remnants of a chamise forest. I danced with glee when I
>> found my precious Dri-clime windshirt. I tied it securely to my waist
>> and proceeded down the silted creek bed full of baby bear prints and
>> quicksand. Hurricane Deck forgotten for the time being.
>>
>> There are some pieces of gear you just love, ya know?
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