Clothes....you brought up a good point.
I use the Military Gortex pants...they actually work in summer and winter...but I have two pair(in case of holes). In the summer, just wear some boxers and you're good to go. Winter, I wear thermals underneath...I've been in pouring rain, snow, mud..etc...and just a little damp ..never wet.
As for shoes....The best boots that I've found, are my 12" tall Red Wing Irish Setters. They aren't cheap....but they're 100% waterproof and provide ankle protection. I wear them even in the summertime on Rock crawling trips, just because it adds some ankle protection. Why are they so expensive?? Cause at 12" tall....they seriously probably weigh the same as a pair of high-top basketball shoes. I searched all over for waterproof shoes, for about a month...most, either weren't tall enough, weighed a ton, or weren't waterproof...when I walked into the Red Wing store in Rocklin and saw them...I made the same sound as the Winner's Circle Toyhauler....Uhh..uhh..uhh....I started to walk over to them, and the woman who owned the store with her dad said..."don't touch those". I froze...and I was kinda pissed for a second...then she followed with..."unless you want to buy them, cause everyone who picks 'em up, buys 'em". Sure enough....
this trip was miserable....pouring rain at Eagle Lakes...and blinding snow storm on Signal Peak
It was POURING at Jackson Meadows....and we stayed dry.
Another good one...that water hauling ass by Jack's ATV...isn't a river....that's the Fordyce Trail road, on the long downhill before the 1st river crossing.
Dan was miserable, he didn't have the right clothes.
