[pct-l] Desert shirt

[Scott Williams]

I also love that ExOfficio Insect Repellant shirt mentioned by Mango, but
mine lasted the whole PCT, a re-hike of WA the next year and all the way to
Breckenridge in CO on the CDT, where it finally began to shred.  Probably
4,500 to 5,000 miles on it.  I bought a new similar shirt from a Columbia
outlet there and that lasted a few hundred miles and was shredding by the
time we went into Steamboat Springs.  A total piece of crap.  We went into
the gear shop in town, and as luck would have it, there was the same shirt
on a bargain rack.  I snapped it up and finished the trail with it.  Hell,
with just 1,500 miles on it, it still looks like new.  ExOfficio clothes
are expensive up front, but given what I paid for the Columbia, which only
lasted a few hundred miles, they are a bargain.

Mine was light weight enough for the desert sun, but warm enough to be all
I had on under my rain jacket most of the time.

Shroomer

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello Andrea,
>
> I love the design of my ExOfficio Insect Repellant shirt - for all of the
> reasons that Mango mentioned. I wore it for the entire six months that I
> spent riding the PCT. The ventilation design is great and very effective.
> The breast pockets are very large and are not flat like most other shirts -
> they hold more, they are designed to expand outward about one-half inch and
> include the inner zipper pocket the Mango mentioned. Also, of great
> importance, that shirt repels insects. I also brought the insect-repellant
> socks, pants and the cap with cape.
>
>
> I am planning to ride the Colorado Trail this summer. The one thing that I
> will add is the Dr Shade gloves that Lee Staley recommended. The backs of
> your hands need protection from the sun.  sometimes had to turn my hands
> palm-up to protect the backs.
>
>
> MendoRider-Hiker
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Andrea Ogston <andreaogston at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2013 4:51 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Desert shirt
>
> Greetings:
>
> I am looking for a lightweight shirt with high coverage for desert hiking.
> Can anyone recommend a shirt that worked for them?
>
> Thanks!
> Andrea
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