Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
If jeans work for you, great. But I find they take too long to dry, take more space in the pack and weigh more than I want. Years ago before I could afford better equipment I wore jeans backpacking and canoeing.
All true statement. Mostly pointing out that even though I am fairly cold tolerant, nylon pants never really worked well by themselves around freezing for me. I'm sure there are better choices than jeans any nylon pants, though, especially if one doesn't carry jeans anyhow (I do).