[at-l] Random Questions

[JPL3]

I agree.  In the summer, on a rainy day, I'll just wear shorts and a t-shirt, with a wide-brimmed hat to keep the rain out of my eyes.  I'm not a gaiter guy, so my boots fill up with water?  That hasn't seemed to be a problem for me?  And do gaiters really keep out the water on a rainy day?

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mara Factor 
  To: J. Aziz 
  Cc: at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 11:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Random Questions


  Hey!  Now that my web site is back, I can point people there instead of retyping everything...

  Anyway, Goretex is more jacket than you need for the A.T.  A simple lightweight waterproof jacket is all you need.  You're going to get wet no matter whether your jacket "breathes" or not so why spend the cash and carry the bulk and weight of the heavy goretex?  In the context of a thruhike, rainwear is used to keep you warm, not dry.  Warm while wet is much safer than cold and wet.

  Check out http://friends.backcountry.net/m_factor/raingear.html for more details.

  As for the rest of your layers, one of each is enough.  One t-shirt (it does get HOT in Georgia in March), one long sleeved, one insulating, and one wind/rain is usually enough.

  And yes, you do wear your rainwear when laundering everything else you own.  It's pretty funny to see on hot sunny days when all the hikers are hanging out in the laundramat wearing their raingear.  

  Mara
  Stitches, AT99

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