[pct-l] Fabric for making clothes help

[web@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Cox)]

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Cool, thanks for the info and clarification questions.  I am part of the
PCT class of 2003 and the request was for recommendations for that hike.
The laundry list is exactly my confusion - all these fabrics and which
one to choose.

So my question restated - for each piece of clothing I listed in the
first email, what fabric would you choose for a thru-hike on the PCT if
you were making your own gear.  (Answers like -  use super-breath
hydro-repel, the proprietary fabric that X company uses to make their
gear -  doesn't help me buy a few yards of fabric)

Also I don't want to start a discussion of build vs buy. I am building.
Given that, I would like help deciding on what fabrics would be best.

-R



-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Moak [mailto:rmoak@fallingwater.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 9:52 PM
To: 'Richard Cox'; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Fabric for making clothes help

Richard,
You've got a pretty long laundry list of fabrics for different purposes.
What's important to know is what environment you're planning on hiking
in when you're going to be using these clothes. All the fabrics you've
mentioned are used for the different items of clothing described.
However, just because a fabric can be used for a particular item of
clothing, doesn't mean the clothing will be especially well suited to
where you're planning on hiking. Case in point, Gortex is often used
successfully for making high quality and high cost raingear. It's not
all that useful or necessarily recommended for rainwear on a PCT
thru-hike.
What is important is first determining where you're hiking and what
extremes in weather you're likely to encounter. Only then can
appropriate fabrics be selected.
-Fallingwater