Liathach Cotton Analogy Extreme Smock in Colorado
Posted by Patrick Jones on 11th Jan 2014
Patrick Jones has won our Kintail Ventile Shirt competition with this story and picture:
'Nearly 6 months in to owning my Hilltrek Liathach Cotton Analogy Extreme Smock and it has proven it’s worth time and again through the equivalent of all four seasons.
I’ve used it as a shell over my t-shirt on windy, dry days or prolonged rains at 50-60˚F. Add in a layer or two of base and medium layer wool and and I’m good down to this morning’s -16˚F running up the slopes of Pikes Peak. When I stop, I simply add a wool sweater or down jacket under, and I stay wonderfully toasty and continue to breathe and not get cold/clammy.
this is no wimpy shell that tears on jagged rock or snagged branches
I used to consider my safe low temp for remote trails to be 10˚F, but now have no qualms going however cold it is.
And this is no wimpy shell that tears on jagged rock or snagged branches. This shrugs those off like they are water. No worries. Multi-day rain in summer or fall? No worries. Deep winter chill? No worries. Work up a sweat and no need to worry about freezing if I stop. Yes, it weights more than a standard shell, but it does so much more and opens up so many more possibilities, it has earned its spot in my kit so matter the season. Amazing garment. Love my gaiters and breeches too!
Thank you!
Image: Hilltrek’s Liathach Cotton Analogy Extreme Smock enjoys keeping me dry and warm while I sweat on a 20˚F, windy climb at nearly 13,000 feet on the western slope of Pikes Peak, CO, USA. Autumn, 2013
