[pct-l] What pack weight?

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

Why wind pants?

My wife loved the extremely light weight, uncoated, compressible, nylon
pants and top she made. Said it was the most useful piece of clothing she
had. It was based on Ray Jardine's writings. Others I have talked to who had
them, also raved about them. Kept out mosquitoes, was just enough to wear
when it was a little cool, when there was wind, etc. I think they weighed
only a few ounces.

I never had them and went either with bare legs or Frogg Toggs. That worked
for me, but ....

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AsABat" <AsABat@4Jeffrey.Net>
To: "Joseph Niemiec" <whitethunder10@hotmail.com>;
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] What pack weight?


> My thoughts:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Niemiec"
>
> > I have another one.  what pack weight did most of yall have?  It looks
> like
> > my base pack weight is coming to about 20-21lbs...
>
> You will find a wide variety here, but I'd guess the average is around 12
> lbs or so. Some more, some as little as 8 lbs.
>
> > Wear:
> > patagonia shorts
> > silkweight T
> > go lite wisp wind shirt?? pants- can't find them for sale?
> >
> > closet:
> > another patagonia T
> > patagonia long sleeve
> > no other pants
> > Marmot Precip anorak
> > Marmot prceip pants???--( better or lighter rian pants?)
>
> Why 2 T shirts?
>
> Why shorts AND wind pants AND rain pants? Maybe convertible pants if you
> want both shorts and longs, plus rain pants that work for wind pants?
>
> > nalegene "canteen's" 4.5oz
>
> Gatorade bottles work as well (if you don't drop them) and only weigh 1
oz.
>
> AsABat
>
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