[Philmont] gaitors

Here in the flatlands of Kansas I wouldn't be without my long gaitors. I have a pair by ocean research Gore-tex and they are great.when we go out in the hitherlands we have a lot of bluestem that is wet with dew or full of what we affectionately call kling-ons, sticky little burgers that stick to everything everywhere. In all three of my Philmont Treks I kept them in my pack and used them quite often they are pretty water proof and keep my boots and socks dry and keep the stones out and they go up to almost my knees and keep my legs warm to boot unless it gets real cool. As far as rain suits I used to have a backpack model of campmor's good poncho but after my first trek to Philmont where it proved to hot,cumbersome, and kept blowing up around my face on the sides of mountains I got a gore-tex rain suit with pants and I take the pants with me. I use my gaitors but in heavy rain or cold they are really worth the extra weight especially on top of Baldy or Black Mountains where they came in real handy wouldn't be without them. Philmont '94 '96 '98 IWTGBTPP DOUG WISS

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Received on Mon Aug 21 21:28:51 2006