Lynne, you don't say of whom you speak. "Someone doesn't get wet in the rain," aye? No need for snarky passive aggressive. I'll make a leap and presume you refer to me. Grin.
Though you didn't ask for it, I presume your hypothesis needs more data. Here is some. Currently here in sunny, dry Colorado it is 46˚F with 95% humidity, foggy to an extent we can't see the mountain across the way 100 yards from us. While it hasn't rained constantly here the last three days it has rained several times for several hours. And the times I'm referring to staying dry during were periods of solid, steady rain for 12 hours or more, multiple days in a row. Put the tent away wet, set it up wet kind of rain for several days. It's common it the Colorado mountains (less on the front range) in Spring and Autumn. Not like the "typical" 20 minute summer deluge thunderstorms. That's a different kind of rain. And, lest we forget, ventile is from Scotland, precisely the type of climate that has this type of lingering, steady, multi-day rain more often than Colorado. It still exists because a smart niche of alpine climbers have recognized it's value and that it keeps them dryer and warmer when active in the wet than anything else. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 9:16:22 PM UTC-6, Lynne Fitz wrote: > > Wool layers are pretty good. Baselayer, sometimes two, and a wool jersey. > > I know someone doesn't get wet in the rain, but I hypothesize that that > person lives somewhere that doesn't get the persistent rain that happens on > the east and upper west coasts. Man, there is NOTHING like riding the > final 13 hours of a 24 hour event in the rain. Nothing was dry. We > stopped in a Subway 20 miles out, and puddles formed wherever we stood or > sat. They were super nice, and just put out "wet floor" signs. > > Also, in the East Coast, I discovered that the humidity is so high that > NOTHING DRIES. Not that I was getting rained on for most of that adventure. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
