[pct-l] packs down to 4,5 and 5 kg

[Christine Kudija" <cmkudija@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christine Kudija)]

Barb, do NOT, repeat, do NOT leave your rain gear at home - even for the
soCal section.  Last year's ADZ was pelted for two days by steady rain (good
tarp & Froggtogg testing weather!!!) and several more rains & cool weather
surprised some thu-hikers.  With the way El Nino's seem to have revived this
year (we received locally around 2-3 inches this last weekend in Santa
Clarita, 20 miles south of the Agua Dulce section of the PCT) there might be
rain periodically through May.  You never know - and between storms the
weather can warm up into the 80s or 90s!  Gotta love California ;-)...when
my husband & I hiked in '94 we got SNOW on Mt. Laguna for a day.  It WAS
pretty, though!

Raingear and lightweight fleece can keep you reasonably warm but not hot for
hiking in the rain at altitude.  Don't forget how the altitude can influence
temperatures - e.g. pleasant and cool or cold at the top of Mt. San Jacinto,
but 100 degrees 9,000 feet below at San Gorgonio Pass... ;-)

Christine

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija

"Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top.
Then you will see how low it was."  Dag Hammarskjold

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb Asper" <barbasper@hotmail.com>
To: <saskia.home@wanadoo.nl>; <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] packs down to 4,5 and 5 kg


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Saskia --

You know, when we hiked the AT, I wore hiking BOOTS, and the TEVAs were
essential. However, for the PCT, we will be wearing trail hikers or running
shoes (haven't picked them out yet). I don't feel the great compulsion to
carry my TEVAs because I don't feel I'll be desperate to get out of the
footwear at the end of a long day as I was those heavy boots. I do plan to
put
them in the bump box just in case, though.

As to the fleece and rain gear, We'll be dressed light with EITHER rain gear
or fleece in the packs. Fleece sheds water, so could keep you relatively dry
in a light mist. Also it breathes. I'm trying to decide if I will take the
fleece and leave the rain gear, or vice verse. Any suggestions?

Granny
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>From: Saskia Daru
>To:
>Subject: [pct-l] packs down to 4,5 and 5 kg
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:02:01 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>We checked our packs and everything that needs to go in them and finally
got
>them down to 4,5 and 5 kg. That is: 9,9 pounds and 11 pounds. Not bad. That
>is excluding food and water, and excluding the clothes we usually wear.
>(fleece and rain gear in our packs, light hiking clothes on our backs)
>
>I am still thinking about my Teva sandals, which I do not want to leave at
>home, but which are rather heavy. And rain gear is also still under
>discussion. Maybe we can get them to be just a little bit lighter still.
>
>I'll soon post the list (currently only in Dutch...) on our site.
>
>Saskia
>
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