Wet Weather Clothing Kit Camping Layers
Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 172 Wet Weather Clothing Kit For Camping On The Coast
I want to write a post about how to use your clothing kit. There is information in this post about wet weather kit options. What equipment should you have? What outdoor clothes should you wear to stay warm? If you are dealing with cold weather, this post will show you how to deal with it.
I would use this in temperate rain over here on the Oregon coast or in the winter. I think about the same things when I’m out in the mountains. When I am working out in the cold and rain, a layering system comes into play, where instead of just wearing one layer, you want to stack them up so that you get the effect of it. You can either stay warm or stay dry if you want to protect yourself against the elements.
If I’m trying to use a layering system for a few days at a time, or I’m out, I try and stay away from cotton-based things even if they are heavy and solid. Instead, I layer different materials on top of each other. Then I have a quick-dry nylon pair of pants. Over that, I can throw another rain shell or rainproof shell pair of pants, and that seems to help.
The World’s Best Merino | First Lite
I’ve been trying to pick up wool from FirstLite. Merino blend layers for the base layers breathe well and hold warmth. That’s what I’ve been trying to use. Merino blends base layers for the lower body. And a merino blend t-shirt for the upper body. I have my base layer hoodie; That’s been fantastic. It’s a great base layer and great in the sleeping bag, but I try to put it on all the time, it’s quick to come off in warmer weather, but a man colder days, keep that on 24 hours a day. And roll into the next day’s outfit or, relayer up. Merino is a long-sleeved hoodie base layer. I’ve been wearing that all the time.
It’s great to have a synthetic or a puffy down jacket. It’s excellent insulation, but it works best with a shell layer.
Men’s Puffer Jackets & Bubble Coats | The North Face
You get a windproof rainproof layer that helps hold in all the heat you get to keep by that dense puffy down layer in between the walls that you have to see the wall working for you to have the puffy down insulating you. It’s possible to hold in the heat from the puffy layers on the inside with the gore-tex shell layer on the outside.
Men’s Rain Jackets & Waterproof Shells | Marmot
That has helped me a lot. I’ve been able to stay warm in most of the climates I’ve been in. It’s probably 25 degrees, and I’m trying to move around a lot. I had wool socks on at that time. If I’m slowed down, which is how it is with photography a lot, I’m trying to use hot hands, anything below 42, you know, the low 40s, and I’m already getting pretty cold.
The field pant layer is perfect. And that’s, that’s great for the river or warmer weather, sometimes wet, sometimes probably staying dry, or you’re planning on drying out in the heat pretty quick environments.
Breathable rain shell pants are always super helpful. The breathable rain shell and a Gortex shell are what I use a lot. There’s also rain-treated nylon now or certain types of nylon that are specifically really breathable for moisture.
For lighter summer hiking, I tried going with nylon or something synthetic that’ll dry out fast. For example, I own a pair of Orvis shorts. They are cargo shorts. They’re made from a nylon softshell material that dries out fast.
I picked up this pair of North Face Paramount pants. They’ve got a light pocket liner. So they’re probably suitable for spring, summer, and early fall.
The under armor pants that I picked up are outstanding; They’re a fabulous pair of nylon, softshell material, and cargo pants. You look at 80 or 90 bucks for a good pair of pants I was talking about. I can’t remember the Patagonia option or what is cool or even the other pair of pants, but I know there are a few different options I was looking at, including FirstLites.
I have a lightly insulated pair of pants, it’d be cool if they were a softshell pair of pants that were all set with the microfleece internal liner, but these are just snow pants with an internal liner. And they did pretty well. So I only really bring those for snow trips a lot of time in the temperate weather. I have this quick-dried nylon North Face pair of pants, but they’re just a bit lighter than some of them that I’d want to bring for deeper winter travel.
If I have the truck with me, and I jump out frequently, going out just a bit of way, and coming back to the truck where I have heat, I have other dry gear. So then I use those double duck Carhartt pants a lot. Those have been great, and they’re adamant. They’re well insulated, windproof, and handle the way the rain and the weather pretty well.
If I’m working out of the truck, I have the merino base layer, and then I can wear double duck work pants. So I wear that a lot when I’m working out of the truck.
It isn’t easy to pack around when I’m backpacking or trying to camp for a more extended period. On the other hand, sometimes they are an excellent convenience to have. If I’m going to be working out in the car, I usually bring with me some more weight. A lot of the time, I’m trying to bring something that’s not cotton-based, but the problem is if it’s freezing or wet. Those jeans absorb a lot of water, and they stay cold, and they stay wet, and it’s tough to get them dried out.
When I was outside, I noticed the wear of having the Carhart’s on and dealing with rain after a long time. It was great in work boots and cart harts moving around for just a couple of hours a day. You can do that for a couple of hours a day. It’s challenging to run cotton in the water and cold for that long when you’re going to be out for 10 hours, 12 hours, 15 hours before you get back in the tent.
If my hands are exposed, and it’s frigid. I have a pack of larger packs of hot hands that I try and open up and put in my pockets. And have to shake them up a bit first so that they’re activated by having those and run into those to get your hands hot so that they loosened up and flexible when you’re using the camera, hitting the buttons, taking pictures, especially in the rain.
I have gloves in my truck. I’ve been trying to use gloves that are Fingerless. The army-style fingerless gloves are made of wool. The tips of my fingers can be used with the computer. Many gloves now have digital fingertips, but they don’t seem to work for me to do more intricate touches To hit the buttons on the camera. And hit the shutter and rolling dials. The fine-tuned sensation of the tactical aspect of working with the camera is helped by having my fingers free from a glove. I can’t feel that with the gloves because they’re thicker. I have fingerless ones where I can reach out and touch the camera pieces, make those adjustments, turn the knobs, and keep my hands warm. The little ones were good again. Firstlite has these wool gloves for 30 bucks or something. They’re better made, you can get a cheap pair of them, US military surplus fingerless wool gloves. Those are old-school black or army green thick, itchy wool ones.
I keep all this in a duffel bag. I keep all these layers in there, and then I try and pull them out and cycle through them as I need them, or they’ll be in a compression sack in my backpack if I’m making a backpacking trip. So I have everything in my backpack, or I’ll keep one of the layers in my camera bag on the side.
I’d have one of my layers as a hot-swap layer. I take off the puffy layer and put it in the camera bag, and keep it there for a while; if I was moving, then when I’d stop and start to cool down. Then, before I got cold, I’d throw the puffy layer back on and then zip that up underneath my GoreTex layer so that it insulates me. It keeps that heat in, and that and that worked out is a pretty good system, just hot-swapping layers to the day.
How to Dress in Layers: Tips for Staying Warm | REI Co-op
Wet Weather Clothing Kit Camping Layers
Cold Wet Weather Outdoor CLOTHING checklist
Four shirts Merino wool base layer t-shirts work well and layer great. Unfortunately, lighter colors get dirty faster, so most of my shirts are dark grey. I plan on washing clothes in a bucket with a drip of soap every few days, hand ringing them out, and hang drying them.
For four pairs of underwear, I use merino wool, firstlite, and icebreakers
Four pairs of socks, merino wool
Two pairs of pants — North Face Paramount or Carhart Double Duck work pants
One pair of hiking boots (I like Nike SFB boots that work well in all terrains)
One pair of sandals (Chaco river sandals)
One merino base layer hoodie
One puffy layer North Face or Patagonia
One baseball hat to keep off sun and rain
One beanie hat for cold weather
1 Gortex rain jacket
Clothing — Cold weather winter
Warmer sweater (Patagonia, wool, or fleece)
Long underwear (2 pairs, tops, and bottoms, Icebreaker, merino wool)
Merino wool fingerless gloves that I can shoot in.
Leatherwork gloves
Warm leather boots with a stiff heel and ankle
Scarf
Rain pants (Patagonia H2No)
Clothing — hot weather summer
Sandals
1-2 pairs shorts, one double as a swimsuit
Swap 2 long-sleeve shirts for two short sleeves
Sunscreen, mosquito repellent. Lip balm
An Adaptable Clothing Kit
Lower body,
synthetic merino blend briefs or underwear,
Merino base layer,
field pants either quick-dry nylon,
Merino blend, or premium cotton synthetic blend,
lightly insulated softshell pants with internal microfleece liner and exterior durable water repellent treatment,
insulated synthetic puffy pants,
breathable rain shell pants big enough to fit over other pants.
Waterproof ankle gators,
synthetic merino blend socks,
flexible nylon belt,
boots.
Upper body
Merino T-shirts,
Merino midway long-sleeved base layer,
Fleece or Merino hoodie,
Softshell jacket,
A down or synthetic down puffy jacket or parka,
Breathable rain jacket large enough to fit over puffy coat.
Hands and head
Merino neck gator or buff,
baseball cap,
Boonie hats for total sun coverage,
sunglasses,
wool beanie
On insulated leather work gloves,
insulated gloves,
insulated mittens with waterproof choppers- over mitts
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