[pct-l] Hiking in the rain

[Rod Belshee]

On my first thru hike, I wore trail runners the whole way, and my feet were 
soaked the length of Washington. It is unnecessary.

Since then, I've had reasonable luck with lightweight GoreTex boots, at 
least for a while.  After a few weeks, the GoreTex fails and the boots start 
to leak.  But if you switch footgear in Cascade Locks, you can have dry feet 
through all but the perhaps the last week of Washington.  Wear light rain 
pants to shed the water around the top (I used ultralight Golite rain 
pants). In the cool autumn weather, the perspiration for my feet is limited, 
and manageable by rotating wool soaks to absorb and they drying them at 
night under my sleeping bag.

Steady