tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26127907834394672.post4236213835909589707..comments2023-09-08T10:09:11.050+02:00Comments on FJÄDERLÄTT: Light pantsMartin Nordesjöhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780462270028526576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26127907834394672.post-41517815929578768832010-08-31T21:39:00.906+02:002010-08-31T21:39:00.906+02:00True, going without fully waterproof pants is some...True, going without fully waterproof pants is something I would only do in the summer (June/July/August). To be honest my backpacking waterproof pants only weigh 175g anyway but it has been a good experience leaving another thing behind. The less I carry the happier I am! <br /><br />Thanks for the link to the Brian Doble article - very interesting.Joe Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26127907834394672.post-56474071245475333512010-08-30T15:48:50.270+02:002010-08-30T15:48:50.270+02:00Joe,
As you write, the skin is of course the perfe...Joe,<br />As you write, the skin is of course the perfect water-proof breathable membrane. Going without rain-pants or rain gear might sometimes be the optimal solution. However, you are at the mercy of some variables of which you have a certain amount of control and some that you do not. Wind, temperature and your own physical ability to keep moving vigourously enough to avoid getting chilled comes to mind. Also maybe your mental ability to withstand a certain amount of discomfort.<br />I think that in the Scandinavian mountains it means running it a bit to close to the brink for most of us to skip the rain pants. And I do not think you do it on a regular basis :-)<br />In another area of the world, my friend Brian Doble did a yo-yo on the AT a couple of years ago without rain gear. I interviewed him in an article here (in Swedish)at Fjaderlatt and he thought the Arctic would not let him go without rain gear.<br />http://www.fjaderlatt.se/2008/11/700-milasommaren-r-ver-del-i.html<br />(You might get some decent information if you run it through Google Translator)Jörgen Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527089654222009239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26127907834394672.post-20947339742694104382010-08-30T15:06:49.899+02:002010-08-30T15:06:49.899+02:00Interesting idea. If you're lucky and it's...Interesting idea. If you're lucky and it's not raining all the time then the lighter your rain gear the better!<br /><br />I went in a different direction this summer and decided to bin rain pants altogether. I hiked in running shorts and if it rained then I just let my legs get wet. Skin is the ultimate waterproof/breathable fabric! If it was cold and raining then I wore UL wind pants that wetted out after a while but dried in a flash and kept convective heat loss to a minimum.Joe Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.com