Cotton is not a good choice for most outdoor activities, especially
those around water. If it is very hot I sometimes wear cotton t-shirts.
I use doubleknit polyester dress pants instead of the often costly
pants made by the outdoor companies. If you get a light color, I think
that you will find you can use them in hot and cold with reasonable comfort.

When I take novices out, I tell them not to bring any cotton at all,
leave it all home. The last trip I did that on, I was really glad, the
weather was nasty, cold, wind, rain. He would have been in trouble if
he was wearing cotton pants.

Besides cotton drying slowly, it is not at all warm when wet, so when
weather hits you might get dangerously cold. (I know that cold sounds
good right now, but think of a storm blowing in with wind, rain, and cold.).

Richard


Al Deveron wrote:
70% cotton 30% nylon (fairly thin). Is this a good fabric for
canoeing/camping pants (aka trousers!)?

Thanks,

Al D


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