Which of the the following weather elements annoy you most?

[woodsy]

This poll covers the four seasons of the AT and the various elements a hiker may encounter. For me who likes to hike above treeline, the wind annoys me the most above all the other elements. For someone who is hiking long distances rain may be most annoying. This poll is for anyone who hikes whether it be day or long distance.

[terrapin_too]

Absolutely useless to get annoyed by the weather. That said, intense heat is my least favorite weather to hike in... and caused me to cut short my 2005 section hike.

[Lone Wolf]

Rain when temps. are below 45 degs. I'll only hike in rain if I'm caught in it. I never pack up my tent in the rain unless there's a town within 20 miles.

[Two Speed]

Can't take the heat around here in the summer. I'm a pretty strict winter hiker. Of course it's probably a lot easier to be a winter hiker in Georgia than in Maine or New Hampshire. Oddly enough rain doesn't bother all that much any more. I don't like it and will avoid it when I can, but it's just part of the scene around here in the winter.

[Skidsteer]

High wind is my least favorite hiking weather.

[orangebug]

High wind with sleet or freezing rain gets me miserable.

[Footslogger]

Non-stop day after day rain for 3 weeks on end 2 months in arow.

...and yes, that pretty much described 2003

Not complaining ...but since you asked !!

We needed WD40 a lot more than we needed sunscreen.

'Slogger

[spittinpigeon]

Wind bothers me the most, especially when the wind blows only if it's cold, and no wind when it's hot.

[Cookerhiker]

By far, it's the heat & humidity. The worst backpacking stint ever for me was 4 days in New Jersey with oppressive humidity cum mosquitos. On the 4th day, the thunderstorm finally struck and it actually felt refreshing like a room temperature shower.

[Valmet]

Don't care to hike during thunderstorms. Don't mind them after I have set up my camp. The rest does not bother me at all.

[Paul Bunyan]

Humidity is what gets me, it just sucks the moisture right out of me.

Now dry heat i can deal with, it still is bad, but not as bad as humidity.

[highway]

I much prefer the heat over the cold. I guess Im used to it

[terrapin_too]

I much prefer the heat over the cold. I guess Im used to it

Guess you're living in the right place, then .

[Jim Adams]

WIND, WIND, WIND!!!
high heat and humidity almost knocked me off the trail in 2002--hard to deal with at times.
freezing rain can be a hassle and at times miserable--but WIND.
WIND after even short periods just becomes so annoying to me.
geek

[Toolshed]

I didn't see sideways rain, but that and humidity are the worst for me.

[Fiddler]

I have never liked hiking in the rain. I will take regular rain over freezing rain, I'll take freezing rain over a thunderstorm. (If I had a choice.) The heat I can deal with as long as I have enough water. Humidity is tolerable as long as I have a rag to wipe my face, I sweat a lot during high humidity even standing still.

[wacocelt]

Rain + Wind + Cold (but not freezing)= a perception of misery

[Johnny Swank]

35 degrees and rain is the picture of misery. I'd rather it just sleet and be done with it.

I sort of dig hiking in rain if I'm not freezing my butt off though. Just another part of the equation.

[highway]

Guess you're living in the right place, then .

Actually, along the coast we always have a breeze so its not quite as unpleasant as places further away from the coast. Humidity is high but the breeze keeps it at bay. I have been to other places, for instance, where the heat was much more unbearable , with same humidity but no breeze for cooiling. The central part of any of the soputhern states is less bearable in the summer for me. I love to feel the gentle breeze swaying the palm fronds.

Hurricane season in the summer sometimes sucks, though. My wife doesnt get quite the charge i do cooking on a homemade alcohol stove when the power is out for a few days or weeks.

[Sleepy the Arab]

Rain, hands down. My motto for many, many miles was, "I f---ing hate rain."