Originally Posted By 300winmag


Search & rescue gear, like military gear, needs to be robust and utterly reliable. Dri-Ducks do NOT fall under that definition. Even under other clothing I doubt they would hold up to repeated use.

Mountaineering clothing and gear will do fine and can be used for winter camping. And, of course, new or good surplus military gear will work just fine.



Yup... still tuning up the gear list, but I definitely have a trip to military surplus ahead of me. Not going to be relying on anything I want to keep for leisure backpacking for this sort of endeavor... Winter certs are a long way away for me, we have training once a month, so it's going to be a while for gearing up.
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