Re: Short pants or long?
Most of my AZ hiking is shorts and long-sleeve -- fingerless cycling gloves to keep the sun off and less wear from hands on rock -- knee-socks sometimes, and...
Doug Nering 2011-12-23 22:53:30 #67716
Re: Short pants or long?
Long pants and long sleeves made of light fabric seem to help. A lot of people like roofers and farmers who work in the sun in southern climates seem to have...
JAMES HALPIN 2011-12-23 21:08:01 #67715
Re: Short pants or long?
Jan -
I think this is just a personal preference. However, if you are going to be hiking near a lot of blackbrush, long pants will cut down on the scratches...
richard2425848 2011-12-23 20:40:00 #67714
Re: Short pants or long?
One theory about wearing pants and long sleeves in the summer heat is to keep your skin from baking in the sun, helping keep your sweat from drying too...
JoshC 2011-12-23 20:20:36 #67713
Short pants or long?
I'm planning my tenth GC jaunt, most of them in May, and I want to pose
a question I should have asked long before: Is there a good reason to
prefer long or...
jan_swafford 2011-12-23 19:39:17 #67712
Re: Updated list of Redwall routes
Don,
I see your point, and you're absolutely right that "with enough rope you can get down the Redwall anywhere." That's why I've tried to distinguish those...
Davidian Marcus 2011-12-23 18:47:32 #67711
Re: Quick question
I think 6 hours is a bit conservative. It's 2 hours from Vegas to St. George, and less than an hour from there to Colorado City. You don't have to go all...
arnierichards 2011-12-23 15:43:23 #67710
Archive of Grand_Canyon_Hikers Yahoo Group as of 2014-10-07. Contact info@e-t.com for help.