by artirm » Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:21 am
by Joe White » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:46 am
artirm wrote: I climbed at -45 F, but never needed more than a base layer and a hard shell...
by ExcitableBoy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:48 pm
by asmrz » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:11 pm
by mrchad9 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:13 pm
by ScottyP » Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:54 pm
by HeyItsBen » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:44 pm
Vitaliy M wrote:Would primaloft pants work as well?
My understanding is that one would need these to have a full length zipper for a quick way to get them on or off, yes?
by Brad Marshall » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:26 pm
Fletch wrote:Art - excellent post. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be updating the Denali page and one thing I wanted to touch upon is gear. Especially for the folks who want to climb it without a guide. For background, I pm'd and emailed the current author and got no response, so finally the elves let me on as a co-author. My suspicion was that the current author hadn't climbed it (the elves agreed with me) and that's definitely a page that needs first hand knowledge (and I'm no expert really, but I've at least been there twice and to the top once). So long story short, That's something I want to permanently put in the page.
To answer your question, for pants, I would carry (1) two pairs of long underwear (any color - for tops, though you will want white) (2) Patagonia guide pants or similar. That's it really. Additionally, consider some sort of wind pant and a down pant. So that's four layers, but I never wore more than three at any given point (including a cold ass summit day). I found the wind pants useful for 14 - 17 and spots near windy corner. Hiking the ridge from the top of the fixed lines can get chilly if the wind comes up. Other than that, I used my down pants on summit day (and actually shed them on the way down). So, to sum up, you will probably need four layers, three of which you will wear in combination at any given point.
Now for tops, I would go the five layers...
by Damien Gildea » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:08 am
Fletch wrote: ... the temp on Denali is not the issue, it's the wind.FortMental wrote:How did you know it was -45 F?
Funny...
by punchline » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:25 am
by Kiefer » Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:51 am
by Muddeer » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:01 am
artirm wrote:I climbed at -45 F, but never needed more than a base layer and a hard shell...
by ARosenthal » Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:31 pm
by AndyJB444 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:52 pm
by ExcitableBoy » Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:46 pm
FortMental wrote:Don't forget food. High fat foods keep the furnace burning. Bring booze too and learn how to use it... it dilates blood vessels in your extremities, warming them up. Listen to the old masters, not the gear whores.
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