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I always just carry one, a very light carbon fiber Black Diamond. It is usually folded up in the side pocket of my backpack. But where the footing is tricky -- rocky, muddy, slippery, very steep, crossing streams -- it is an invaluable third...
At the top I have an umbrella. Next a Gore-tex jacket that goes most of the way down my butt, next a rain kilt, next, light weight knee high gaiters that keep the rain out of my Gore tex boots. As an old guy I feel kinda funny wearing the kilt...
If you find a lightweight jacket you like use a rain kilt (78 grams)for your bottom half!
So easy on and off.
I understand the that so many love the Altus.
In fact i brought one ;my daughter tested with a hose it did not leak anywhere.
But i...
For more detailed discussion on each variant, I recommend listening to Dave Whitson's podcast "The Camino Podcast," if you haven't already. Episodes 66 and 68 hone in on the options, but his 10-part series on the Le Puy covers it section by...
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