Backpacking Rain Gear : Backpacking Rain Gear: Pants

[streetpunk99]

i posted this so long ago i forgot what i said....so what your saying is that its ok to let water hit your legs and run down into your boots and get your feet cold and wet when your hiking....then you have to worry about drying socks, boots, pants, and most times even anything on your upper body because moving with a rain jacket on makes me sweat like crazy. Im assuming other people are the same. Clearly you have not spent much time in colder rainy conditions because if you had you'd understand

[mopperone]

There is some weird bird in the background at the end.

[theallknowing123]

checkamundo on the rainage doin the drainage onta ya knickers, but she did say "if its warm out" so maybe

[patmix]

anyway

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[streetpunk99]

thats silly, anyone who has had a rain coat on for any amount of time, everything that would hit your upper area of your body collects and goes on your legs, rain pants are one of the most important parts of rain gear. wear it all or wear nothing. only wearing half does nothing.

[ArkaDirtbagger]

@streetpunk99

I'll have to disagree. The objective of both rain gear and cold weather gear is to prevent hypothermia, which is all about keeping your core temperature up. As long as i'm on the trail, my blood is moving, and my body temp up my legs can be wet. Then i can take those pants off at camp and get my legs into a dry, warm sleeping bag. However, get your upper body wet and you're multiplying your odds of getting hypothermia. 

[streetpunk99]

@ArkaDirtbagger i posted this so long ago i forgot what i said....so what your saying is that its ok to let water hit your legs and run down into your boots and get your feet cold and wet when your hiking...then you have to worry about drying socks, boots, pants. Im assuming other people are the same. Clearly you have not spent much time in colder rainy conditions because if you had you'd understand. most times even in winter i can get away with rain gear and a thin base layer. dry=warm always.

[ArkaDirtbagger]

@streetpunk99

My disagreement is based nearly entirely on when you said, "wear it all or wear nothing." I'm not attacking your skills and experience as you are, my friend. It's all about what you're comfortable with. You're way isn't the only way, it just works for you. By the way: most of my backpacking i do in the winter, Merino wool clothing retains heat even when wet, i also where some quick dry canyoneering pants if i'm getting wet. If my body heat doesn't dry them, there's always fire!

[streetpunk99]

@ArkaDirtbagger clearly we do different kinds of packin g, io pack winter months too i live in pennsylvania and winters get pretty bad here. In my world, wet means cold, reguardless of what you have on i have all the high speed 15$ wool socks and special base layers and they work better than cotton, sure. but they still get damp and it makes for a very uncomfortable trip, and back to the orig. comment, as soon as my feet get wet im done, soon rubbing and blisters are on the way.