<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Definitely using my Go Lite chrome -dome umbrella to shade me from the sun in the desert, in light rain, and even to deflect wind. I particularly like taking off my hat underneath the open umbrella under the the intense sun, and then enjoying the feeling of the air movement on my head. I found I was so<div>Uncle Tom <br><div><div>On Mar 30, 2013, at 6:34 AM, Bob Sartini wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p>Any thoughts about an umbrella on the CDT?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 30, 2013 2:18 AM, "Scott Williams" <<a href="mailto:baidarker@gmail.com">baidarker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I didn't use my rain pants all that often last year on the CDT, but when I did, I was really glad I had them. Several times, storms blew up in a matter of a few minutes while I was on the Divide with rain and hail and really strong winds that sent temps plummeting. I'd been hiking along in shorts one moment and the next, running down hill to the protection of the first trees, to get enough shelter from the wind to even be able to put the rain pants on. The wet exposure could have resulted in hypothermia without protection. You could of course wrap yourself in whatever you've got, like your tarp, and just wait it out, but by having the rain pants, I could just trudge on. I've used them enough on the CDT and the PCT to find them worth the weight.<div>
<br></div><div>Shroomer<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>
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