Yesterday I hiked Blood Mountain and had a weird day. I started off in 51 degree weather wearing two Stay Dri long sleeve shirts and a technical hiking jacket. As I got underway, the "sweat" factor took over and I put the jacket in the pack. As it got steeper, the more I sweated. At 3500 feet, I came around the Northwest side of the mountain and caught a stiff cold wind. My daughter and I hesitated to put a dry jacket over our wet shirts so as not to wet the jacket. Thus we endured a cold wind chill of about 35 degrees. After reaching the top of Blood Mountain, we headed to the shelter, removed the wettest of the "Stay Dri" shirts, and put our jackets on. Some hot soup on the backpacking stove got us better. My question is, what is the deal with the clothing? What could I have done better other than packing in another shirt? I appreciate the input.
Thanks
Mark