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Old 11-26-2011, 05:54 PM   #235
Full`Throttle
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Originally Posted by jello24 View Post
today i just found out that a 15K rated jacket cant stand up to a vancouver rainfall... spent 2 hours on Cypress and was soaked to the base layer after the 3rd chairlift up, even when wrapped with a plastic poncho, which is strange since water didnt penetrate my 8K rated pants....

well, time to invest in a Gore-Tex jacket....
nothing, short of rubber, will stop water from eventually penetrating. Even Gore-tex. It just takes longer to get through some materials than others.
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