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Waterproof pants

Post by noikmeister » 09 April 11 4:25 pm

I picked up some waterproof over pants from Kathmandu today and I can't decide if I put them on over or under my gaiters....

Anyone know?

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Philipp » 09 April 11 4:39 pm

under

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by ian-and-penny » 09 April 11 5:33 pm

Over.

Otherwise any rain will drip down your pants, pass under your gaiters, and eventually run into your boots.

Also, when it starts to rain are you going to waste time taking your gaiters off, or just quickly put your pants over the top.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Hoojar » 12 April 11 11:18 am

Snow, rain, mud, I always wear my rainpants under my gaiters. I then pull my gaiters tight to get a good seal around my calves.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by oz lurker » 12 April 11 2:04 pm

+1 for under.

Although, it depends on where you're walking - if I'm wandering through scrub, I'd much prefer my gaiters to be taking the bashing from the sharp prickly bits rather than my pants.If I'm wandering along a nicely graded track with lots of side space, I'd probably not bother with the gaiters at all (so, a moot point), but then, my pants give a good seal around the ankles.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Derringer » 12 April 11 2:16 pm

Otherwise any rain will drip down your pants, pass under your gaiters, and eventually run into your boots.

Also, when it starts to rain are you going to waste time taking your gaiters off, or just quickly put your pants over the top.

+1 for over

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by oz lurker » 12 April 11 2:21 pm

Or, as a cunning plan M'Lord, why not wear one over and one under - then both sides are happy???

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Agent Basil » 12 April 11 3:27 pm

and how did you wear them on your ill-fated trip ?

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by noikmeister » 12 April 11 3:42 pm

Agent Basil wrote:and how did you wear them on your ill-fated trip ?
outside. But it didn't make a difference. The vegetation was so dense and wet that I was soaked anyway. The pants stood up very well to scrub though.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by gmj3191 » 13 April 11 5:27 pm

I'd be more worried about the location of your jocks. If you wear them on the outside, you'll have less washing and attract female reporters.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Bewilderbeest » 14 April 11 10:28 am

gmj3191 wrote:I'd be more worried about the location of your jocks. If you wear them on the outside, you'll have less washing and attract female reporters.
Not so. Number of geocaches found while wearing jocks on the outside: 1
Number of female reporters attracted: 0

This might be a good thing or a bad one, depending on your piont of view...

Edit: link fixed (I think)
Last edited by Bewilderbeest on 14 April 11 11:18 am, edited 2 times in total.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Renroc » 14 April 11 10:36 am

Bewilderbeest wrote: Not so. Number of geocaches found while wearing jocks on the outside: 1
Number of female reporters attracted: 0

This might be a good thing or a bad one, depending on your piont of view...
When I went to this link I got
System.FormatException: Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx). at System.Guid.GuidResult.SetFailure(ParseFailureKind failure, String failureMessageID, Object failureMessageFormatArgument, String failureArgumentName, Exception innerException) at System.Guid.TryParseGuidWithDashes(String guidString, GuidResult& result) at System.Guid.TryParseGuid(String g, GuidStyles flags, GuidResult& result) at System.Guid..ctor(String g) at Geocaching.UI.LogBookPanel.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Is that what is supposed to happen? I was ready for a laugh at someone with the underpants on the outside!

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Bewilderbeest » 14 April 11 11:19 am

Dont know what happened there, I think its fixed.

And that someone would be me.

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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by Renroc » 14 April 11 11:55 am

Bewilderbeest wrote:Dont know what happened there, I think its fixed.

And that someone would be me.
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Re: Waterproof pants

Post by McPhan » 14 April 11 2:35 pm

Bewilderbeest wrote:
gmj3191 wrote:I'd be more worried about the location of your jocks. If you wear them on the outside, you'll have less washing and attract female reporters.
Not so. Number of geocaches found while wearing jocks on the outside: 1
Number of female reporters attracted: 0

This might be a good thing or a bad one, depending on your piont of view...

Edit: link fixed (I think)
Updating to Number of geocaches found while wearing jocks on the outside: 2

Maybe it's an ACT thing?

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