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I hiked to Rose Peak again today from Del Valle. It took around 7 hours round trip. It rained/sprinkled for about 5 hours. At least I got to test my rain gear.

The rain pants and top were made by Marmot. They worked great. Without the pants I'm sure I would have gotten hypothermia. I really could have used some gloves though. It was cold on top of the second ridge. It was so cold, wet, windy, and foggy at the top of Rose I climbed to the top, turned around, and started hiking back down without waiting. I stopped a little ways down the road when I found a place out of the wind. I stopped for 10 minutes to eat but had to start hiking again when I started shivering. I could have put on my fleece vest but then I would have burned up when I started hiking again.

It was a little hard to maintain a comfortable temperature. If I zipped everything up and put on the hood I'd eventually be too hot. If I started to unzip things I'd eventually get too cold.

After it started raining I changed into a long sleeved Capilene shirt by Patagonia. This was all I really needed under the Marmot top, at least while I was hiking.

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