On Mar 27, 4:30 pm, john smith wrote:

The backpackers mantra is "Cotton kills!"

Yeah.. one of those "sayings" that everyone parrots, with little
justification.

While cotton socks are pretty much worthless -- once they're wet,
hello blisters -- the super fabrics aren't a whole lot better.

That saying probably had its genesis in some North Face or Mountain
hardware guerrilla marketing campaign.


Dan Mc