OM Gear Of The Year 2012 - Four That Got Away!Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer Hooded Down JacketThe first of our 2012 kit that didn't quite make our final OM Gear of the Year pick was Mountain Hardwear's ridiculously light hooded down jacket. We first saw it at OutDoor in Germa...
that takes a fresh look at things like Montane's Medusa 32 lightweight mountain pack and the Berghaus Ilam Jacket with its water-resistant hydrophobic down, but equally artfully refined kit like Rab's Vapour-Rise Lite Alpine and the awesomely stretchy
-weather mountaineering options using Windstopper or similar fabrics, through to less conventional options like Rab's Vapour-Rise Guide Pants or Patagonia's monstrous Northwall Pants which mix PowerShield and high-loft fleece for furnace-like warmth in extreme conditions
've stayed comfortable. The one exception to that was when I layered it under a VapourRise Lite jacket which for some unknown reason I'd absent-mindedly proofed with wash-in Nikwax stuff - cue condensation on the outside of the Alpha as the VR Lite no longer
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