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post #16 of 26
3/3/11 at 9:40pm
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Thanks for replies and suggestions.

MoK, your experience with Barbour's waxed coats echo mine and your comments on the Cameraman jacket are just what I expected. I didn't know about cotton ventile but will keep an eye out for it.

I'll check out Páramo.

I like the looks of the Cabourn Mandaly coat, but I can't really tell if it's supposed to be waterproof (it's cotton/silk).

At the moment I'm considering this one as the waterproof layer, as I can't seem to avoid the logo'ed stuff:

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post #17 of 26
3/7/11 at 2:11am
Look at nau.com.
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post #18 of 26
3/7/11 at 3:12am
20 miles/day is a fair amount, but anything will work. It will be wet but above freezing and you will keep warm at that pace. Get a merino wool or synthetic baselayer (long johns too), rinse wool/wash synthetic at night. Get two pair sock liner and wool hiking socks. Bring something to cover your head, hands, and neck (wool). Wear anything you want over it.

Me, I'd pick up a midweight wool sweater over there as a memento/midlayer. I would strongly suggest ugly trail shoes, but if you need good looking footwear look at Danner, Diemme, and the like. Jacketwise, what you really want is a softshell or fleece, you will get way more wet trying to keep rain out with a sweaty shell or lined jacket. Marmot, ArcTeryx, Nau, even REI brand--technical gear looks a lot better than it used to.

If you absolutely can't do a softshell, the Nanamica and White Mountaineering stuff is gorgeous but expensive. Get wool. Put a super packable shell/poncho in your bag if you're concerned about heavy rain. Breathable shells are *expensive* and generally the most geeky looking gear--just get something simple, you will hardly ever take it out of your bag.
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post #19 of 26
3/8/11 at 2:30pm
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Nau looks like something to check out on my next visit to the US.

brimley, good post. At the moment I'm planning to get the Rampart pants and the Caliber fleece cardigan, both from Arc'teryx. Obviously neither are particularly stylish, but that seems unavoidable at this level of functionality.

I agree on getting 'ugly trail shoes'. While I recently got the Paraboot Avoriaz vintage styled hiking boots, I won't bring them along for this.

When tramping in New Zealand I found that trail runners are great when you're only carrying a light load. The Salomons I wear in the pic below saw me through 200 miles of trekking as well as to the top of a couple of volcanoes:


Summit of Mount Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in New Zealand (9,177 ft)

The only time in NZ I wore a light pair of Goretex boots was on the Keppler track.

For this trip I'll either get another pair of Salomons or the Zen from Scarpa:



I'm also looking into replacing my synthetic base layers with wool. Does anyone know of merino wool t-shirts in a basic, plain design? (No logos and no obvious technical stitching. Brand recommendations are fine, on-line EU sources even more fine )
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post #20 of 26
3/8/11 at 2:43pm
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I'm also looking into replacing my synthetic base layers with wool. Does anyone know of merino wool t-shirts in a basic, plain design? (No logos and no obvious technical stitching. Brand recommendations are fine, on-line EU sources even more fine )

Icebreaker has some good stuff, they should be available in the EU.
Nau and Outlier.cc have good stuff that you can get in the US.
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post #21 of 26
3/8/11 at 4:29pm
Assuming they haven't changed - these aren't bad and are pretty true to size:

http://www.trekmates.co.uk/1/Trekmat...l-T-Shirt.html
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post #22 of 26
3/8/11 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by Kaplan View Post
I'm also looking into replacing my synthetic base layers with wool. Does anyone know of merino wool t-shirts in a basic, plain design? (No logos and no obvious technical stitching. Brand recommendations are fine, on-line EU sources even more fine )

Icebreaker, Ibex, Smartwool are all great. All three make some of their stuff with logos and some without. The stuff MoK linked up looks good too.
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post #23 of 26
3/8/11 at 8:30pm
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That blue one from Trekmates looks nice.

I did get some stuff from Icebreaker when in New Zealand, but I thought all their plainer/solid stuff had the embroidered logo and the vinyl tag near the hem, so thanks for making me check them out again.

This looks like what I had in mind.

Btw, the reason I linked to or showed pics of the stuff I'm planning for in my two previous posts, was to invite any criticism you guys might have. So if you're thinking 'Hell no!' or 'Get this instead' when looking at some of that stuff, please speak up
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post #24 of 26
3/8/11 at 9:14pm
Pattagucci has a nice line of wool baselayers, sans logo. It's softer merino than my Icebreaker and Ibex stuff.
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post #25 of 26
3/8/11 at 11:03pm
My Nau merino baselayers are considerably softer than my Icebreaker tees.
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post #26 of 26
3/8/11 at 11:33pm
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Thanks. Will check availability of Patagonia and Nau here.
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