Great to hear from you. By the way, if you can send me your email, that’d be great. I tried to email you folks a picture I found of you guys and it bounced back to me.

And you’re totally right, a good wicking layer under the rain gear can do wonders for keeping dry and warm.

I’ve never used the neoprene socks for any serious hiking, but I’ll give them a try if you say so.

I hope you guys had a great 2007, and got some good trips in, as I’m sure you did. Any new gear you’ve made?

Thanks again.

Cheers

Carl

Glad to see you had a good year! Your take on rain gear is great - my experience during our very (5/8) trip a couple of years ago bears out your experience with Marmot Precip lightweight jackets. We also were very happy with some inexpensive Campmor neoprene socks (used with thin polypro liners) that kept our feet warm and abrasion-free even though our boots were soaked for most of the 8 days we were out - got so the group didn’t even take off their boots for fording streams near the end… What you wear under your raingear can be as important as the gear itself for comfort - esp. on a day of tough climbing through the wet brush! You might want to mention that too, as I know a good wicking layer can make a huge difference when you are damp inside and out with little chance of drying out.

Hope you have a good 2008 - I see you have added lots of great pix - hopefully from lots of great weather.

Wes Mickanin