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[pct-l] balaclava



One more important question.

How well does it block high winds on the ears?


> [Original Message]
> From: Monty Tam <metam01@earthlink.net>
> To: Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com>; PCT MailingList
<pct-l@backcountry.net>
> Date: 3/8/2005 8:25:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] balaclava
>
> OK
> Got my attention.
> How can I check one of these out.
> Weight Material available?
> Who carries them?
> Who makes them?
> Ultralight?
> Actual weights??
>
> Do I need to buy something else now?
> Do I GET to buy something else now?
>
> Warner Springs Monty
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com>
> > To: PCT MailingList <pct-l@backcountry.net>
> > Date: 3/8/2005 7:58:54 AM
> > Subject: [pct-l] balaclava
> >
> > (And..as I always like to say BACLAVA is much tastier
> > than a balaclava. .mmm..mmmm..mmmm...)
> >
> > Yogi sez:
> >
> > "Speaking of the balaclava . . . I finally started 
> > wearing one on the CDT in 2004.  Oh, my, god, what 
> > a wonderful piece of gear!  This is the truth:  I 
> > wore it for 65 hours straight in Southern Colorado.  
> > Boy did my hair look nappy when I took it off!"
> >
> >
> > Mags sez:
> >
> > I'm a huge fan of balaclavas (and baclavas, too!), for
> > a mere 1.5 oz, you get very toasy warm at night. It is
> > very versatile as well. Roll it up for a beanie, pull
> > it down when you get colder.  In the wet snow this
> > past year on the CT, I wore it under my Tilley. Kept
> > the snow out of my eyes and stayed warm.
> >
> > I may even have mentioned my love of balaclavas (but
> > not baclava) in Yogi's book. I honestly can't
> > remember! Have to look it up when I get home. :D
> >
> >
> >
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a
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> > --Thoreau
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