[pct-l] Headcover Question

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

I used the outdoor research sahara hat.  I set the hood home early though.  
The hat was great but the hood held heat under it.  If I hiked again I'd use 
it again.  But I'd get a wide brimmed, well made, strw hat for the desert, 
Maybe one of those cowboy straw hats...

Mouse

>From: Hiker97@aol.com
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>CC: carolwbruno@yahoo.com
>Subject: [pct-l] Headcover Question
>Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:26:23 EST
>
>Protecting your head is important on a hike.  The sun's radiation can do 
a
>number on you, plus dehydrate you.  I was wondering what everyone 
thought about
>this.  What have you found to be great head gear?
>
>I am seriously thinking of going to the SunDay Afternoons Sport Hat 
(REI.com
>#708-145 ~ 2-3 ounces).  It is very comfortable and the hat brim is of
>excellent design.  The best I have seen and the hat material is 50 UPF.
>
>The only modification I am going to make (you knew I would) is take my 
30 UPF
>neck drape off my old hiking hat and put it on this new hat.  It should 
be an
>awesome combination for the trail.  I also use a solar umbrella, which 
cuts
>down tremendously on my dehydration/radiation exposure (I do not 
normally use
>the umbrella for winter season hiking).  Note that SunDay makes a 
similar hat
>(REI.com #651-611) that would be excellent to use if you did not use a 
solar
>umbrella.  It is so big that I cannot figure out how to keep it from 
hitting my
>handsfree umbrella pole holder on my pack shoulder strap.
>
>Thanks, Switchback
>
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