[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 86, Issue 7, Message: 29, Subject: Re: GoLite Chrome Dome umbrella

[CClark]

Has anyone used a Chrome Dome successfully where there's underbrush on the trail?  Any advice for this? Last year I sometimes gave up on using mine because it kept getting caught in low overhanging branches.
Souldoctor


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 00:12:47 -0800
From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
To: P Isabella <isabella at bendnet.com>
Cc: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>,    Susan Virnig
    <susan at newstories.org>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] GoLite Chrome Dome umbrella
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As for use, I just put the handle under my chest strap and synch it down
and for a light rain that's all you need to do.  It'll stay nicely snugged
down over you and your pack just with this, or popped up high if it's a
light drizzle so you can still use the camera.  In heavier rain or any kind
of wind, clip a small carabiner to the loop of line attached to the bulb of
the umbrella's handle and hook it to your waist belt.  If you need to
tighten it down, just use the cord lock provided with the umbrella to
tighten it down.  If the wind is from one side or the other, just hook it
left or right of center so the umbrella top is faced into the wind and it
will be able to handle a good blow this way.  If it's really corking, you
may need to use one hand for the umbrella and one hand for the pole, and
worse than that, you may need two hands for the umbrella.>>>>