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In a message dated 10/20/01 1:54:00 AM Central Daylight Time, DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com writes: > I have a question concerning the Kili jacket and potential hypothermia. If the inner lining is the waterproof layer, how can you wick away your perspiration? Also, no offense intended, but what good is a jacket that soaks your inner clothes because it fails to breathe through the waterproof inner liner? I'm confused. I own the Hein Gericke P/D which is made of leather. On warm or humid days I have to open up the pit zipper vents, the forearm vents, and the front zipper is only brought up about 3-4 inches. This does a fairly good job of wicking away moisture, but even I have the occasional soaked T-shirt. Maybe I'm goofy here, won't be the first time, but it seems the waterproof liner should either be the outer surface or a layer in the middle of the material layers. This is curious to me. Jim AMA585601

> I have a question concerning the Kili jacket and potential hypothermia. If > the inner lining is the waterproof layer, how can you wick away your > perspiration?

My Kilimanjaro jacket has 2 layers, an outer and an inner. The outer layer is made of tough nylon or whatever, and the inner layer is made of soft fuzzy stuff. The 2 layers are detachable, so you can wear either by themselves. The inner layer is in no way water resistant, heck, it's probably water absorbant. I just put 3M scotchgaurd on the outer layer to keep my totally dry. Seems to have worked very well so far. Ryan Phoenix

Scotchgaurding makes a motorcycle jacket totally waterproof when you live in Phoenix -- or any other desert. -svt-

>My Kilimanjaro jacket has 2 layers, an outer and an inner. The outer layer >is made of tough nylon or whatever, and the inner layer is made of soft >fuzzy stuff. The 2 layers are detachable, so you can wear either by >themselves. The inner layer is in no way water resistant, heck, it's >probably water absorbant. I just put 3M scotchgaurd on the outer layer to >keep my totally dry. Seems to have worked very well so far. >Ryan >Phoenix

> Scotchgaurding makes a motorcycle jacket totally waterproof when you live

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> Phoenix -- or any other desert.

Hey! It rains here........every once in a while. Ok, hardly ever. But our monsoon storms can be very nasty, rain so hard you can't even see and have to pull over. But that's a rarity. Ryan *dry* Phoenix

In a message dated 10/20/01 10:47:26 PM Central Daylight Time, DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com writes: > Good job Ryan. Keep fighting and don't let this stuff get you down. Trust me, your mind will make this experience seem insignificant. That is the way our brains protect us from severe trauma. You hang in there son, we are all pulling for you. Dad, Hard luck man. Glad, very glad, he is recovering. I look at my four year old and I can't wait to get him on a little 50cc for starters, then I become torn because fear of the future sets in. No parent really wishes harm to come to their child. We just get stuck with the responsibility of determining how much danger they are allowed to pursue. Being a father with motorcycling in the future, I empathize for you. But, your his biggest hero so he will come out OK. God Bless you and your brave family. Jim AMA585601