[pct-l] Rain Gear

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Dan,



I’ll second Halfmile’s comments.  My expanded explanation can be seen here:

http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=265651



Steel-Eye

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On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Halfmile <list at lon.net> wrote:

> Dan,
> It rained quite a lot this past spring. At this page:
> http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=sgx
> You can look up weather history for Campo and see that in April 2010
> we had precipitation 8 days totaling 1.74 inches; 4 days > .1 inches;
> 1 day > .5 inches.
> A storm blew through a few days before the 2010 kickoff, collapsing
> several tents of hikers camped at Lake Morena and dumping a couple of
> inches of snow in the Lagunas. For those of us who were there, it felt
> like more rain than the weather service recorded 10 miles away in
> campo.
> While it may not rain often, I think you always need to be prepared
> for rain. A poncho/trap like the Gatewood Cape might be a possible
> option if you want to travel very light or at least the rain jacket.
> It can be really windy April and May too, so if you go the poncho
> route, I would take the wind jacket too.
>
> -Halfmile
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:20 PM, dan kayser <yoyodadio at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is it necessary to carry rain gear (pants & jacket) for the southern
> sections of the PCT?  I a light wind jacket with DWR adequate? When is full
> rain gear typically needed on the PCT?  I am trying to go light as possible
> on my 2011 PCT thru hike.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
> >
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