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Hi Jon, I've had one for two years now and as it's great for the money as a simple shell, it's not as breathable as Gore or of course soft shell. I would never use it for anything more than running to the store in a rain storm and i just bought it for that reason. as It doesn't breath well. If...

Cheap VS expensive debate I tend to try and buy more expensive things from reputable companies and stores that stand behind their products. Sure the more expensive ones might not show much difference, but many of the good outdoor companies have lifetime warrenties or maybe the store will help...

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I just got myself a pair of Winter Wanderer pants by Mountain hardwear. THEY ARE AWESOME!! A schoeler like material, very stretcy, fleece lined pockets, and the coolest thing is the bottoms have a small hidden drawcord inside so you can cinch them closed shut, but you'd never know the drawcords...

it looks like the back of a truck bed....the cris cross pattern gives it away.... what's that little metal thing on top of it? :p

I know nothing about those, but I've used the north face approach shoes and trail runners over the years and I love the quality...

Dr. Seuss of course On and on you will hike and I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are. :)

I love em! I got mine last year and seriously they've changed my winter hiking life...the quality is really really good!! The traction things help too...light too!! :D

I couldn't seem to get over all the womanizing, chauvinistic attitudes portrayed in the movie...I had to stop it half way through

So I have this small hill near me that's really popular for hikers and walkers...nothing big, only a few hundred feet high. At the bottom there's a pavilin for picnicers and scouts to have bbq's... So a few weeks back i was doing my normal sunday mornig hike, first one there, it was like 7:30...

Well, there are three types of way to lose heat, conduction, convection and radiation... If there were no wind, we could all do well staying warm with just thick fleece, but that's never the case, wind will go right through fleece and steal that heat. now under a jacket (windproof) a thicker...

I agree that sometimes a windproof or waterproof pant is a little much, even though it says breathable, it is never even close to comfortable for me. For lack of any other way to describe it, I get really uncomfortable in the crotch region when I sweat down there to much...More air circualtion...

I love to read, I read every chance I get, my mom was a librarian so it's real bad for me..it's in my blood.. Anyway, I tend to read a lot of outdoor and travel books, things that relate to my life right now. One of my fav authors is bill Bryson, i'm sure you all know him for A Walk In The...

Soft shell isn't so much the new rage, and especially schoeler, it's been used in europe for years, we just have an issue wearing things here in the states that aren't totally bombproof. Think of how often you've worn a gore shell or whatever in the rain and found you never really needed it...

I just got the new MSR Lightning Ascents, supposedly these are the killer new rigs to have, but of course living in CT (no, I'm not really AL) with no snow doesn't help. http://www.msrcorp.com/snow/lightning_ascent.asp

Yes, I was confused by the weather too..I pictured myself being this lone hiker on a whiteout blizzard consumed moutain top, but it was anything but...the crowds certainly weren't bad for the monadnock phenomenon...maybe saw 15 other hikers today. All in all, it was great, I hiked a new trail...

I ended up going and the weather was so less sever than I ever thought possible, there were some icy spots on the way up and i did use crampons, but it was a gorgeous sunny day!! Happy New Years!! oh yeah, and here is a picture too.

I'm going to be hiking Monadnock on new years, just wondering if anyone else has been up in the past few days, what the conditions are and if anyone else is going that day? Thanks