New Gear

I'm in Chicago and that gave me the opportunity to test some new gear. Last night the weather was around freezing, drizzling, and moderately windy. I brought my cold weather gear with the hope of exactly this type of weather.

Hat - 1 ounce
Balaclava - 1 ounce
Shirt - Micro weight zip tee - ? weight
Wind Jacket - 3.7 ounces
Insulating vest - 3.5 ounces
Wind pants - AS special (more on this in the next post) - 2 ounces

I also had random gloves (still undecided on specific gloves) and shorts.

Everything worked perfectly. I spent about 3 hours out in the weather, most of it without the vest. The jacket and pants didn't wet through for about an hour. (These aren't my rain gear, so that's good.) I was very comfortable without the vest but wanted to see how warm it would make me. With all my cloths zipped I was too warm. I could easily warm up or stay comfortable in colder weather. This is exactly what I was hoping. The clothing system will keep me comfortable and give me enough margin of error. (I'm still adding better gloves and lightweight leggings.)