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[pct-l] Re: pct-l-digest V1 #373
- Subject: [pct-l] Re: pct-l-digest V1 #373
- From: John Drollette <tamarag@tiac.net>
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:50:45 -0500
At 12:00 AM 1/30/98 -0600, Tom Best wrote:
>A white shirt is a real bad idea. I tried several different shirts and
>found that a grey "Coolmax" t-shirt was the best up to Kenedy Meadows(it
>keeps you cooler and dries quickly)
What makes the white shirt a bad idea? I burn easily, so I was planning to
bring a silkweight long sleeve white top (and pants) -- lighter than a pint
of sunblock, and if you're gonna carry long underwear anyway...
I was pretty diappointed in my Sierra Trading Post $4.95 CoolMax t-shirt on
the AT. It was hot and was by far my slowest-drying item of clothing on the
hike. About all I can say for it is that it does not rot like cotton (good
for thru-hikes, bad for planet). I've got my base PCT packweight down to
about 14 lbs, and I am *very* tempted to bring my favorite cotton Dead
tye-dye. In the dryer, it is dry before my darn CoolMax.
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