Rain Gear
I have been accused (perhaps rightly so) of being anal about planning some things. And maybe it's just that it's winter and I have some time on my hands. We are planning a summer trip to Alaska. I hav...
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Orion wrote:Don't know where you've heard that about GorTex, but we've EXPERIENCED just the opposite. We've been in Alaska 8 summers and we fish from Valdez in an open, inflatable 14' boat. Not at all unusual to be on the water 6 hours in the rain and 50 degree temps, and we've never been wet in GorTex. I don't have any experience with doing hard physical labor, unless you count pulling two shrimp pots on a line from 400' down by hand, hard work, but the Guide Wear jackets, pants and hats we got at Cabela's has kept us comfortable and dry. Our gloves do occasionally get soaking wet, but after wringing them out, they go back on and we're good to go. (GoreTex too)
I've known a lot of guys that have worked in that area. If you're going to spend a lot of time in the wet, you really need waterproof gear, at least as your outer gear. Gore Tex just doesn't cut it. In fact I've heard Gore Tex described as '15 minute rain gear', as being out in a downpour for longer than that, and you'll get wet!
