[pct-l] Bifocal Sunglasses

[wpsnotebook at charter.net (Richard Woods)]

I know what you mean. Last summer I lost my reading glasses on the  
south side of Dick's Pass, must have been when I was switching from  
map reading back to sunglasses at the Gilmore Lake junction. I got  
lucky and found someone's glasses in Middle Velma Lake the next  
morning. Half of their prescription was almost right for me.

I have a pair of sunglasses with a bifocal section at the bottom, but  
found they were really uncomfortable when hiking. I get a stiff neck  
trying to watch my feet over the bifocal part. I don't use them for  
backpacking now - $150 wasted for that purpose. I bought them  
originally because I'm a landscape painter, and wanted eye protection  
out in the field. I was stumbling a lot on the trail, so I tried an  
experiment. I turned them over so the bifocal part was on top. That  
actually was more comfortable for walking, and not really much of a  
hassle to  adapt to to read a map. Wasn't comfortable for the long  
term, but I'll order a pair with the reading section at the top if I  
ever lose these.

Rick

On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:56 AM, pct-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net  
wrote:

> From: Slyatpct@aol.com
> Date: February 24, 2006 3:22:13 AM PST
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sunglasses for the glasses wearer?
>
>
> I need reading glasses for maps and guidebooks and it's a real pain to
> constantly switch from sun to reading, so I generally just go with  
> the former when
> need be.  Does anyone know of sunglasses with a reading lens on the  
> bottom
> part?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sly
>