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egbert said:Hello Sil,
I ordered the raincoat yesterday about 11am.It arrived this afternoon,delivered by DHL Express.
Pretty good service.
Regards............Egbert.
sillydoll said:The great thing about it is that it zips up in front - just like a regular raincoat - and you can tighten the sleeves at the wrist by fastening the velcro ties
Arn said:With these Hobbit remarks, are you saying I'd be able to track you because of you unnaturally large feet?
Hey, what about my comment on the restaurant in the cave?
windeatt said:Many, many thanks to Sil and Egbert
For telling us about this raincoat/poncho and where to find it. Mine has just arrived and it looks good. I am sure it wil be more effective than the ones we used this summer and which leaked miserably. Here we are in them: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/viewphot ... =AC73C1758
However, despite the rain getting everywhere else - even into our vests - our rucksack innards didn't get wet - they were really super waterproof, see: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/viewphot ... =AC75C1824
I have weighed it and it comes about at just over 400 grams - this is a little heavy for me (a lightweight freak) but then it does look very efficient and worth the extra weight.
Thanks again,
Windy
:?:Rambler said:How many of you that used these Altus ponchos used gaiters also? So far, when I have used mine on practice hikes, I have not needed the gaitors, but it has not rained all that hard.
Experience tells me that if you are on a trail, you will get wet from bushes etc. or if the rain is a blowing rain. My poncho comes about mid-calf with my pack on so it is not too long.
Do I carry the gaitors or not?
Rambler
KiwiNomad06 said:Uummmmm gooner.....you do know you are talking about the mountain crossing of the Pyrenees with no poncho? I was one of the lucky ones: two days crossing the Pyrenees via an overnight in Orisson, and only used my raincoat to sit on and eat lunch. But.... next morning at Roncesvalles was quite a different story. I woke up to hear the rain absolutely hosing down outside, as you might expect in a mountainous region. Some people were simply not prepared for the deluge..... It does know how to rain in that region!
Margaret
Me too !Lemonkid said:These poncho tips are gold! Looking into ordering my Altus now..
FrenchGwen said:Me too !Lemonkid said:These poncho tips are gold! Looking into ordering my Altus now..
and I couldn't help noticing that a great number of the Google Earth pictures one can see when "following" the Camino online (which I did this weekend in order to give my husband an outlook of our route) featured pilgrims who were wearing blue, strikingly Altus-like things :lol:
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