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  • From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
  • To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Pants?
  • Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:12:37 -0400

It is not just the brush and the weather. It is ticks, and snakes, and other things you have to be wary of depending where you ride.  And it is not always obvious. While you would expect snakes and bears in the Poconos north of here, the largest area concentration of rattlesnakes is actually in Cherry Hill, NJ, near the Mall. And small male bears (under 200 pounds) are ranging into the neighborhoods along the Bucks –Montgomery County border.

 

Comfort and riding ease is first. Most here ride in a jeans type pant for the wear layer, with thermals or other layers underneath as required for warmth. The brush layer is often an English schooling chap in suede finish because they are tight, long, and easy to get on and off.  Boots vary but tall boots (pants inside) with chaps over seem to provide the most bug and stone protection. We have had 10-15 day stretches of below freezing weather, often in the 15F or less range and or wind chills of below 0.  

I used to wear a nylon rain shell over everything in the rain but it tended to rain inside as well in the Summer and ice up in the Winter.  A major brand membrane liner fixes that usually.  Don’t forget the socks and ear muffs.  Hot or cold feet and ears can really make you miserable and lead to frostbite in the winter.  This is especially important to us older guys with circulation or other effects of old age on our bodies.

 

Our members buy their own gear because they use it every day.  About the only thing they seem to agree on is Troxel brand helmets.   

 

Irv Lichtenstein


From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John-Faye Neff
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