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Post by Lamebeaver on Jul 13, 2020 18:42:44 GMT -8
i have pants with zip-off legs. I wear these most of the time.
I carry a light pair of sandals for crossing snow-melt streams. The cold sensitizes the bottoms of your feet.
I don't know if I'd hike in them.
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Post by hikinggods on Jul 13, 2020 19:11:26 GMT -8
I never backpack in shorts, less due to bugs, which we don't have much problem with, but due to sun. I hate having sunscreen or bug repellent on my skin (hard to get clean at the end of the day), so wear long pants and long sleeves (lightweight, vented shirts) and a wide brim hat. I only use sunscreen on the back of my hands, maybe at my neck/throat if the sun angle is low. That's it.
I HAVE backpacked in sandals, just a 3 day trip, but my feet have NEVER felt better than on that trip. The sandals were Keens, with the toe guard, which were adequate to protect from a few scattered small cactuses. This was in Utah. I would consider sandals in the future, but am pretty happy with my Altra trail runners at the moment.
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almostthere
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putting on my hiking shoes....
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Post by almostthere on Jul 14, 2020 5:31:14 GMT -8
In the cosmic crapshoot of genes, not all of us are created equal in our response to UV exposure, like almostthere demonstrated, and I have a few interesting spots that need exam next month, so the fears are real. Sure, I get that. To clarify, I'm talking about people who are dressed for the cold, not dressed to keep the sun off of them. Insulated jackets and hats, etc. For me, hiking with a full backpack subtracts about 20 degrees from my comfort level. (In other words, whatever clothing I'd be comfortable in standing around at 75, I'd be comfortable hiking in at 55.) To each their own, but that one always puzzles me.
That, I don't get. I see folks hiking in down jackets and beanies while I'm wondering if I should take off the long sleeved shirt. Most of my hiking clothes are wicking, loose, breathable... it has to be in the 30s for me to put on a windbreaker to hike.
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Post by tomas on Jul 14, 2020 6:29:21 GMT -8
I'm a human furnace and tend to hike in shorts up until late fall and then pick it up again in the spring. I will wear long sleeve wicking shirts during warm weather, but that's more to protect the tattoos from UV exposure than anything else.
Sandals are great when I go wade fishing, but on anything than a well groomed trail? No thanks.
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Post by davesenesac on Jul 16, 2020 9:16:38 GMT -8
My hiking clothing from last year on a day hike during cool temps up in Desolation W against an ancient Sierra juniper. While on the trail carrying my huge backpack would not be wearing that blue synthetic t-shirt but rather just the thin nylon front and pocket zippered shell, bare chested. With the heavy pack, my back is certain to sweat even during cool temps so anything under the quick drying mosquito protecting shell has no value rather just soaking up sweat
Levi 505 jeans, pricy traditional Zamberlan backpacking boots as I regularly cross country into brutal places, prefer being clean, and have a higher sweat threshold. Some wonder why I wear those cheap Home Depot HDX knee pads when carrying my backpack as one might think they increase knee binding against the jean material. Actually, they stabilize the jean position to be motionless right at the knee that prevents any vertical movement thus reducing the knee binding effects. Also helps kneeling when I pray during thunderstorms that a big spark doesn't target my carcass. That noted, there will always be less resistance in shorts. I do bring light running shorts or swim trunks as one to daily dunk into water with modesty and occasionally hike in.
For years I've been promoting wearing long pants on web boards for reasons many have related. Now into decade 8, my beautify skin excepts at my usual exposed hands and wrists is still wonderfully smooth with wrinkling now just starting to be barely noticeable. Same reason I've been wearing the sun hat for max sun protection since they first came on the market decades ago versus those baseball style caps most wear. Besides genetics of teleomeres, read today research is pointing to the excess of iron in blood caused by regular red meat consumption as a possible reason for accelerated aging something I've consumed in low moderation my whole adult life.
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