[pct-l] Umbrella or not?

[Scott Williams]

On the PCT and CDT, I used my Chrome Dome extensively for sun in both
desert sections, and lived under it in WA on the PCT when it rained for
weeks at a time.  To have your top half dry, even with a raincoat on is
much preferable to being wet in the face.  I found I could still use my
camera from under my umbrella in all but the windiest rainstorms which gave
me some gorgeous misty shots of what little we could see of the mtns in WA.
 I did not need it from the High Sierra to WA.  But that may be different
each year.

Shroomer


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jennifer Zimmerman <jenniferlzim at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I was on the fence too but received Golite's Chrome Dome as a gift and
> ended up loving it.  It was invaluable in the desert or any intense
> sunlight, made a great windshield, and was part of a super comfortable rain
> gear system along with my pack-cover/poncho (the parcho:
> http://myplace.frontier.com/~bgurwell1/parcho.htm).  When it was attached
> to my shoulder strap (especially easy on ULA packs) I could keep my poncho
> unzipped almost to my waist for better venting and still stay dry.  It
> eliminated the need to wear a hood - which are usually too warm and
> restrictive for my taste - and let me wear a stocking cap in cold WA rain.
> Pictures were easy in bad weather because my camera stayed dry. I swear, in
> Southern California it felt like it kept me 20 degrees cooler just
> by creating shade and allowing me to take my sun hat off to catch the
> breeze. My husband and I are both total converts.
>
> We sent them home at KM and got them back in Cascade Locks.  If I were to
> do it again either keep it through the Sierras or pick it up in Tahoe to
> have for NorCal-Ashland.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Jake Handy <jakers329 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I've gone back and forth on this and in an effort to reduce my already
> > "too much" gear I've pretty much decided to forgo an umbrella.  I've
> > decided to use garbage bags/sea to summit stuff sacks and a pack cover
> and
> > just assume I'm going to get wet at sometime on the trail.  Am I making a
> > mistake?
> > I'm sure everyone's got an opinion here...
> > Thanks all!
> > Jake
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