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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Good morning, Moondog,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I haven’t found the PCT to be
particularly cold in the hiking season.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Frost in the morning and occasional light snowfall aren’t uncommon, but
that’s nothing for an active hiker.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>All I use is: 1) a poly tee shirt, 2) a 200-weight, pull-over fleece
shirt/jacket, and 3) a thin, hooded windshirt.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The jacket is an off-brand that I bought
on sale for about $10. and it weighs 10.5 oz.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The GoLite Ether windshirt weighs 3.0
oz.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Wearing both, I’m comfortable
until I warm up on the trail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Soon,
first the wind shirt comes off, then later the fleece.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>During a break the windshirt goes back
on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Examples of that can be seen
at: </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye">http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye</A> on
the entries for 5 & 6 June, except in that on the 6th the
windshirt was a Marmot rather than the GoLite.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I couldn’t do that with a Flight
Jacket.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I’d love to have a Flight Jacket,
and several times I’ve come close to buying one since it weighs about the same
as my fleece alone, but for me it would be too warm and I couldn’t get the
same ventilation when layering.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Besides, the Flight Jacket costs over $210. more than the cheap-o
fleece.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I have three down jackets by
other manufacturers, but in the more chronically wet areas …. like where I live
in the Northwest …. they are usually too warm and they seem to get sopped around
the shoulders under rain gear.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
fleece performs much better for me under those circumstances.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
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have several vests, both fleece and down, but I don’t often take them on the
trail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My problem:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With advanced years I notice the cold on
my arms more than I used to, so I like long sleeves.</SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">^^^^^^^^^^<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Serious hikers gather at:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.aldhawest.org/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.aldhawest.org/</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> ^^^^^^^^^^</FONT></P>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davidalexanderstewart@gmail.com
href="mailto:davidalexanderstewart@gmail.com">David Stewart</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] clothing question</DIV>
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<DIV>I am having some trouble deciding about an insulating layer. Everyone
raves about the WM Flight Jacket. I have no doubts that that sucker is nice
and warm. But I am a warm sleeper and generally warm all the time. I hardly
ever use a 2nd layer while hiking, unless it is cold and raining. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I will have two baselyer shirts with me, Marmot Precip Jacket and a TNF
Windstopper Vest. I am debating to go with the WM Flash vest, or the Flight
vest. I could imagine the Flight Jacket being simply too warm, except perhaps
in the Sierras (but there is some 2300 other miles of trails to carry the
jacket...). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Layer up? or is it really that cold?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>my bag will be the WM Summerlite. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>one last question to ponder: Is anyone slicker than Tom Brady?
seriously.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-moondog</DIV>
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