[pct-l] Puff Daddy & Notorious F.L.Eece

[Carl Nerup]

For the money - you have got to look at the Down Sweater from Western Mountaineering.   9oz - unbelievable product.  Hooded Flash Jacket is the product name.   Packs into a container smaller than a baseball.   





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From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 8:12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Puff Daddy & Notorious F.L.Eece


On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:22 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Down Puff? Fleece? Pima Loft???

I don't like fleece because it takes up a lot of room in my pack and  
air blows right through it. It also gets static cling more easily  
than other things and since I have long hair, I get a lot of hair  
stuck in it.

I prefer a thin, down jacket. I have the Patagonia down sweater but  
there are other brands. They are actually made not to be warm jackets  
but to be wind breakers. The theory is that the wind will be slowed  
by the first layer of nylon, brought to a near stop by the small  
amount of down and then completely stopped by the inner layer of  
nylon. But I have found mine to be very warm as well. And since it's  
not a huge puffy down thing it doesn't take up a lot of room in my  
pack. It also washes in the washing machine very easily, air drying  
quickly.

With another light windbreaker over it as an added layer, I've been  
very warm down to the kinds of lows you'll see on the JMT. It's also  
the system I use to ride my Vespa around town in the winter. (I live  
in So Cal.)

Diane/Piper


Books I've written:
~ Piper's Flight
~ Adventure and Magic
~ Santa Barbara Hikes

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