Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:36 am
dskoon wrote:Yeah, I was gonna mention Steve House, but you beat me to it. As I recall reading somewhere, he said that he'd never climb in wool. Probably due to a longer dry time once sweated-out. But, as you mention, he's also sponsered by the maker of Capilene.
True, but Patagonia sells some really nice wool stuff as well. So if he liked wool, I am sure he could have used it.
I recently had a chance to have a beer with really experienced alpinist/ice climber (ie. sponsored, famous, actually knows what he is talking about), and of course at some point the talk turned to gear. His opinion was pretty much the same - synthetics are better than wool when it really matters.