[pct-l] Rain Gear or Plastic Rain coat

[Sabrina Harrison]

Starting off at Campo this year it was rainy and cold! I was thankful for my OR jacket and all my layers. :) 
I have the Zpacks kilt but never used it that day. No other rain after that. 

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> On Jun 1, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Kevin English <kenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you everybody for the feedback.  I do like the point that works a
> lite raincoat works as a layering system for chilly nights. Also, I know
> hiking with in those plastic ponchos is a pain, I'm leaning toward bringing
> a real rain jacket, probably going to bite the bullet and get the OR Helium
> II....
> 
> We live in San Diego so rain is never really and issue when we go hiking :)
> I always have a few of those $1 plastic ponchos from wal mart in my pack.
> My wife had a heavy raincoat when we were in New Zealand but she complained
> it was too much weight in the pack
> 
> I know hiking in July, rain won't be our #1 concern but I wanna be prepared
> for the worst.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Zog7140 at gmail.com <zog7140 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> A poncho did fine for me.
>> Zog
>> 
>>> On May 31, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Kevin English <kenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> have a very silly gear question and need to settle as wife and I can't
>>> agree.
>>> 
>>> If we are section hiking for 2 months, PCT in July/August only norcal
>>> section, is it ok to just bring plastic raincoats only or do we need to
>>> bring a full set of rain gear?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kevin
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