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Hi since i am starting my sect hike in june should i bring my 200 weight fleece jacket
and a pair of rain pants. I plan on bringing my Marmot precip rain jacket i also have
the marmot driclime shirt/jacket it has a liner in it i think it 100 weight also i was plan
on takeing my 15 deg bag yet i know overkill but don't fell like bug a new bag.Should i
take the dricilme instead of the 200 weight fleece they weight about the same the fleece
is 14oz. and the dricilme is 12oz. i think
Thank
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Pacific Tortuga
04-26-2009, 16:43
Where you startin' from ?
Spirit Walker
04-26-2009, 17:59
How long will you be out, and where?
Unless you're starting in New England, I'd leave the rainpants at home. When it's hot, they just get you soaked with sweat. I never wear rainpants except in snow/sleet. In the summer, it's better to wear shorts in the rain or supplex pants that dry quickly. I wouldn't carry the 15 degree bag either, if you have a lighter/cooler one. I carried fleece on my thruhikes and was happy I did, but it may be overkill for a short summer section hike. If you'll be in the mid-Atlantic or the south, the Marmot is probably enough. If you'll be up north, then I'd go for the fleece.
Hi yet i am starting from Marion Va. on June 4 gone north as far as i can get in 4 months
Chaco Taco
04-26-2009, 21:09
Get together a bounce box. June in Virginia is hot as hell. But you can get a late storm and it will cool things down. Id keep the rain pants and leave the 200 jacket. Keep base layers and have one more layer to go under your jacket. The precip is good for insulating. Great Jacket. Rain pants, yea you sweat, but its better than being soaked in a complete downpour just before dark. Bounce the jacket north to Mass. If you have some heatwaves coming, just bounce heavy stuff til it breaks. Good luck
Chaco Taco
04-26-2009, 21:11
You will be ok with the 15 bag. Just sleep in less and leave it open, you wil be fine. Alot of nights in Va, you will sleep on top of your bag anyway!
Blissful
04-26-2009, 22:36
In June think summer, esp down south. Leave rain pants at home. I would take a light fleece though for cooler nights. 30 degree bag on up will suffice (I had the Marmot pounder) but if you only have 15 degree, take that, but you will be hot. And be sure to birng the bug repellent and tick protection.