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That one rainy day on the Colorado Trail wrecked my whole trip
Day four out of Leadville last June, sky opened up around 2 PM and didn't stop for 18 hours. Everything I owned got soaked, my map turned to mush, and I spent the night shivering under a tarp I couldn't keep pitched right. Made it to the next town by noon the next day and called my sister to come get me. I guess I'm wondering if that's just part of the gamble or if I'm doing something wrong with my rain gear setup.
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taylorm893d ago
Oh man, that Colorado drizzle hits different. I remember getting stuck in a similar monsoon on the PCT and my fancy expensive rain jacket turned into a soggy sponge within an hour. Sometimes you just gotta admit the weather wins and the mountain doesn't care about your gear.
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baker.riley3d ago
That 18 hour storm sounds brutal, especially with a tarp that wouldn't stay put. I had a similar thing happen on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia where my tent stakes just pulled right out of the mud the whole night. @taylorm89 is spot on that sometimes the mountain just wins, but swapping to a silnylon tarp and learning a proper A-frame pitch saved my next trip from the same disaster. What brand of rain gear were you running?
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