[pct-l] trail clothing

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Jim,


My recommendation concerning long pants is:  Don’t do it.  I wear athletic
shorts and cover my legs with sun block gel.


Enjoy your planning,


Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Jim Boatwright <jimcboat at gmail.com> wrote:

> PMags or anyone,
>
> Do you have an inexpensive suggestion for long pants in the desert?  I've
> seen lots of plugs for the Railriders pants but they are very expensive and
> Columbia type pants from REI aren't much cheaper.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> For high altitude/desert hiking I suggest a long sleeve synthetic shirt for
> > the princely sum of $4 from many thrift stores. (Old uniform shirts,
> > acrylic shirts from Blair, rayon blends, heck,,.even the 65/35 blends
> > are fine!) I've used this type of shirt for literally several thousand
> > miles of backpacking.
> >
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