[pct-l] Hiking wet

[Ken Powers]

We do a similar thing with the silnylon ponchos. We snap the bottom corners 
on one side of the poncho. Then we pull one corner of the other side thru 
the loop and snap it to the remaining corner on that side. This pulls the 
back of the poncho up under our backpacks and it is pretty effective. We 
pull our arms inside the poncho. That helps, but we still get wet. 
Especially from brushing against the leaves of wet bushes.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiking wet


I ended up buying a cheap plastic poncho at the gas station in
Snoqualmie Pass. To make it more like a parcho (which I really wanted
but didn't want to pay $110 for, thinking I would hardly ever use
it), I threaded some elastic cord through the back side bottom seam.
Then I tied large safety pins to the two ends of the elastic and when
I put on the poncho, I pinned the safety pins together at my waist
like a belt buckle. This made it kind of like wearing a belt, but it
also tucked the back part snug around my pack. It was difficult to
put on and I only wore it once, but it worked really well. I think I
would do something similar but a little nicer on my silnylon poncho.

What I didn't like about the rain was having wet feet. If I ever get
a sewing machine, I want to make rain chaps that tuck around my shoes
so that water can't run down into my shoes.
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