[pct-l] Campmor sale item Red Lodge jacket

[rbelshee at hotmail.com (Rod Belshee)]

I used one of these on my 2004 PCT through-hike. It worked okay with a few 
cavaets.

It is not waterproof at all. Even three minutes of light rain will soak 
through. It is a good windbreaker however, and has a hood that so can seal 
in the head and neck. And it weights very little.

For rain, I put an emergency plastic poncho over this jacket, which worked 
fine for me. I had to be very careful not to rip it up, but the combination 
worked very well. Some other people would not like the need to worry over 
the fragility. I made the whole hike with just two emergency ponchos, 
replacing the first one at White Pass (and remember in 2004 we were in rain 
gear pretty much for a month straight).

Without some other form of water protection, the Red Lodge is a useless 
jacket.

Steady Sr.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Trekker4@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Campmor sale item


> And a 9 oz, coated nylon, wind & rain jacket for $10:
>
> _http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?memberId=1250
> 0226&productId=39170062_
> (http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?memberId=12500226&productId=39170062)
>
> Red Ledge seems to be Campmor's lower cost, than Marmot PreCip for 
> instance,
> line of rain and other clothing. There's a $50 breathable, but  heavier, 
> rain
> parka vs the $90-100 PreCip.
>
> Bob
> Big  Bend Desert Denizen
> (Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)
>
>