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    Quote Originally Posted by WalkingStick75 View Post
    I have always used the rule if you do not go to bed wearing all your clothing except your trail clothing which may be wet, you are carrying too much.
    One of the first lessons by natural consequences I learned was to be prepared for at least 10* F below the forecast. It's a lesson you learn well after only one class.
    The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us

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    Good one Egads, how true. Always better to be hot at night, easy to get cooler, very difficult the other way around. And nooooooooooo fun at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinker View Post
    If you MUST have Coolmax, you might be out of luck .
    Last I knew, Land's End Thermaskin long johns were Coolmax polyester.

    Last Fall they had medium tall pants!!!!! not sure about this year.

    (An aside. Their silk base layers do not hold up as well, but they are yummy feeling.)

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