[pct-l] cold weather clothes

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

I used Frogg Toggs suit with pants. I found them absolutely great and used
them often: they served as cold weather long pants, blocked the wind, rain
and cold. I won't leave on a trek without them.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "scott deputy" <oz4130@yahoo.com>
To: "Christopher Willett" <chwillet@indiana.edu>;
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] cold weather clothes


> I didn't see any rain pants on your list,   I've been tyring to decide if
they are worth the weight.  After not carrying them what do you think?  I
have a set of red ledge pants but never wear them unless I'm in a downpour.
>
> How many times did you get rained on and wish you had the pants?
>
> Christopher Willett <chwillet@indiana.edu> wrote:
> , they were perfectly adequate:
>
> Thermal top and tights
> Long sleeve shirt
> T-shirt
> Long pants
> Shorts
> 3 pair of socks
> Underwear
> Primaloft pullover
> Warm hat
> Liner gloves
> Bandanna
> Sun hat
> Frogg Toggs anorak
> Sunglasses
>
> On a usual day I'd wear the pants and long shirt. I switched to
> shorts after my pants exploded during the ford of Kerrick Creek, two
> days north of Tuolumne. In South Lake Tahoe, I switched to the
> T-shirt. Some
> mornings I would
> leave camp with my thermals still on, though they were usually gone by
> 10 or 11. Temperatures in the lows 20s at night up high, low 30s lower
> down. If you sleep lower down, in the meadows, you'll have to pay more
> attention to bears and mosquitoes. Higher up, its colder, prettier, and
> you have less worries.
>
>
>
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