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Long pants and long sleeves in summer? Smart or big mistake?
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[QUOTE="Peterexpatkiwi, post: 1216900, member: 107500"] Personally I think you're really answered the first of your questions. If you think of any of the traditionally hot countries of the world such as India or Egypt; or desert dwellers like the Bedouin, it's always long, loose flowing clothing. And linen is an excellent choice. I have no idea how it would stand up to backpack straps. Probably no worse than 100% Merino wool. ( Which I personally love). The only thing with linen is that it doesn't dry as quickly as some of the synthetic alternatives. But then in really hot weather the best thing is to saturate your clothing at every water source you come to, the evaporation will help significantly to cool you off. So not drying too quickly could be advantageous. This is somewhere where traditional tie dying might come in order so everything doesn't look horrible with all the sweat and water stains! Merino wool wicks the sweat away much better than cotton or linen for example. But it then tends to hold it rather than it evaporating away as readily as cotton or linen does. And it's the evaporation you want. Often when we have Merino we have it more close fitting, whereas in this instance you want loose flowing clothing. You could carry one Merino shirt as an underlayer in case of cold weather, but I'm not sure it would be warranted. Something to consider though. A quick Google search as to what they make Saris of showed a bunch of fabrics but I have no idea how suitable any of them are to you personally. Something for you to do research on. As to the ready made synthetic shirts etc available in the sports shops, sorry I can't help as I prefer natural fibre. [/QUOTE]
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