[pct-l] Rain jacket

[ben.shackelford at nomadventures.com]

Oops.Correction- it was a better sweater under the jacket(to heavy for  
packing but a great underlayer for wet weather), not a down sweater  
and that was 8600 feet not 8100.

Quoting ben.shackelford at nomadventures.com:

>     I just wore my Patagonia Torrentshell Jacket along with the pants
> on a short (5 hour hike) from the town of Idyllwild to just short of
> Taquitz Peak in a rainstorm from 6500' to 8100'elevation (9 miles
> round trip) . I did not remove the jacket or pants for the entire hike
> from rain into snow and back again, post hole after post hole. I
> managed to feel fairly dry even while sweating quite a bit. I wore the
> jacket with a Patagonia Hooded Down Sweater and couple layers of thin
> Icebreaker wool (150 and 260 weight) under it. I found my sweat had
> evaporated after descending an hour or so even without use of my pit
> zips. Although it is not the lightest thing on the market at 13.1 oz,
> I found the breathability and durability of the new Patagonia H2NO
> fabric quite impressive.
>
>
> Quoting JoAnn <jomike at cot.net>:
>
>> Before I give them a credit card number, does anyone have experience
>> with Patagonia Torrente shell rain jacket?
>>
>> are we there yet
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