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leadbelly2550 
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Posted on: Nov. 24 2012, 10:23 pm |
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great morning in the DC metro area. high 30's, nice north wind gusting to 20-25 mph. hiked from 6-9 a.m. faced a dilemma:
1. light/mid wicking long sleeve zip-neck layer plus soft shell; or,
2. heavy wicking zip-neck layer (polartec powerstretch) plus very light wind shell top.
the baseline: light wool socks, trail runners, mid-weight wool long john bottoms, light wool t-shirt, light fleece beanie, expedition-weight synthetic glove liners. had to put on windstopper gloves over the liners because my fingers got nippy, despite moving at 3.5 mph.
the question is, would you have chosen #1 or #2, and why? or perhaps something else?
i'll check back in a few days and share what i chose, and how it played out.
thanks!
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hikerjer
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Posted on: Nov. 24 2012, 11:04 pm |
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Entirely an individual questions, IMO. Depends on how heated you get from exercise and how easily and how much you sweat. For me, option #2 would work best. But that's just me. We're all different.
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RebeccaD
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Posted on: Nov. 24 2012, 11:21 pm |
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Agree with Jer--about it being individual. At about freezing (32), I will usually start off with a long-sleeve med. or light thermal shirt covered by a "dress shirt" style synthetic hiking shirt (eg. EXO Airstrip), and a light fleece or heavier rain jacket. And within ten min. I'll shed the jacket, and ten more odd are I'm down to the undershirt, unless the wind--oops, just looked again at the wind in your original post. So am more likely to keep the jacket and drop the mid-layer--if I keep the wind off, I'll heat up plenty.
But that's me. I break into a sweat at the mere thought of work.
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no_granola
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Posted on: Nov. 25 2012, 6:06 am |
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I was out yesterday morning in similar conditions and went with option 1: more breathable and less stinky.
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Posted on: Nov. 25 2012, 7:50 am |
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Opt 1 but remove the softshell and add a wind shirt while moving. Down sweater while stopped
But as Jer said completely an individual thing
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leadbelly2550
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Posted on: Nov. 25 2012, 10:28 am |
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yup, i recognize everyone does this differently. that's why i asked.
because i couldn't decide, i wore #1 on the way out and #2 on the way back. with a few moments of feeling very cold when i changed over. i generally run very hot and figured the soft shell would be better for that reason - allow a little bit of air flow, vent moisture better.
what i found was that both were perfectly fine - but that between the cold, wind, relatively lightweight day pack, and the relatively flat trail (not a lot of work), i was slightly more comfortable with an outer layer that cut the wind better and the slightly better insulation that the thicker layer provided.
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texasbb
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Posted on: Nov. 25 2012, 4:08 pm |
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Like everyone said, it's individual. My approach would be to avoid the softshell; I don't like them. Instead, I'd take a light/med base layer, a light/med fleece shirt, and a very light wind shirt. More options that way. If there were any chance of rain, I'd swap the wind shirt for a rain jacket.
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