E mālama i kou mau wāwae ma nāʻano likeʻole
Peheaʻoe e hoʻomau ai i kou mau wāwae e hoʻomaloʻo ke heleʻoe i ka ua? Hiki ke lilo i mea paakiki ke hele mau i ka wā ua. Loaʻa iāʻoe nā koho likeʻole a me ka koho maikaʻi loa e hilinaʻiʻia ma keʻano o ka hele e pono aiʻoe e hana. Hiki ke pale i kou mau wāwae a me kou mau wāwae i ka ua a me nā'ōpala, akā, e paʻa mau i ka wela kou mau wāwae i ka wā e hele aiʻoe. No ka wā lōʻihi o ka heleʻana, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopau me nā kapuaʻi kūpī. Nā kāhili wai i hanaʻia me nā mea manaha a me kahi membrane waiʻole, e like me Gore-Tex, eʻae ai i kahi kūʻai a hiki ke mālama i kou mau wāwae ma ke ala lōʻihi.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka moku kekahi kumu'ē aʻe. Hiki iāʻoe ke pale iāʻoe i nā'ōpala a me ka ua e komo mai ana ma luna o ka moku. Ponoʻoe e hōʻoia ka laulā o ka papa no ka mālamaʻana i kāu mau bipi a me nā kāmaʻa a me nā leggings āu e kau ai. Akā, he kī huki o nā kāmaʻa kiʻekiʻe a i waena o nā bipi he mea hiki iā lākou ke paʻakikī e hele i kahi hele lōʻihi aiʻole e hana i ka ikaika i ka heleʻana i loko. Ua kūpono lākou no ka wā pōkole a me ka māmā, e like me ka heleʻana i kāu'īlio a maiʻole paha e kūkulu kūkuluʻia i kahi lā ua. Mālama nā lawaiʻa ma nā kāmaʻa i ka kūpono kūpono, no laila inā piliʻoe i nā puʻu e nānā ai i kahi hui e kū nei. No ka poʻe makemake i ka hana a hele i ka'īlio i ka ua, he kāmaʻa kāmaʻa paha a kāmaʻa paha kou alaʻoi loa. No kou makemake, maʻaneʻi, nā kāmahu maikaʻi loa e hele ai.
Ke hele nei ke Aliʻi Komohana i loko o ka hau a me nā kāmaʻa lapaʻa e pāʻani ana i nā kiʻi mai ka plaid a hiki i ka leopadi i nā polka dots, i kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele. He wāwae kuʻemʻu a hāwele a me kahi pale me kahi hoe wāwae. I loko, ua ulanaʻia nā pahu i ka lole no ka hōʻoluʻolu. ʻO ke kaula hiki ke hoʻopaʻaʻia ma luna e kōkua iāʻoe e komo i waho a me waho o nā kāmaʻa me ka maʻalahi. ʻO ke kinikini māmāʻole o ka māmā e kōkua iāʻoe e mālama i kou wāwae ma luna o nā papalū maloʻo, he mea pono ia. Hiki wale lākou i nāʻano nui, no laila ponoʻoe e komo i nā hoʻokomo māmā no ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe nāna lākou i kūʻai, ua hauʻoli e haʻi aku i ka waiʻole. Uaʻike kekahi mea kūʻai i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā kāmaʻa pāʻani no ka heleʻana i kaʻaina awakea, akā uaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kāmaʻa o Western Western i ka wā ua.
ʻOiaiʻo ka inoaʻo ka hau,ʻo ka poʻe i aloha iā lākou ua'ōlelo maikaʻi lākou e like me nā kāmaʻa waiʻole no nā ua ua. Loaʻa iā lākou kahiʻiliʻili i loko o nā kala a me kahi kāpili lace-up no kahi kūpono maikaʻi i ka wāwae. Ua hoʻopaʻaʻia nā seams e pale i ka momona. Hiki iāʻoe ke wehe i ka paepae kahe a hoʻokomo i loko o kāu ihoʻoluʻolu inā makemakeʻoe. Hiki ke loli ke kū hoʻokahi i hiki iāʻoe ke hele e hele me ka maʻalahi. Hōʻike nā mea halihali i ka holoʻana i kahi liʻiliʻi i ka nui, no laila e hiki ai ke akamai i ka hana. Hiki i ka'ōmaʻomaʻa o kāna kiʻikuhi me ka hoʻohei ma nā wahi paheʻe.
Ināʻoe e hele ana ma nā ala uila a iʻole ma ka wao kai o ka moana, hiki i kēia mau kāmaʻa holomāmā ke pale i ka wai. ʻO ka membrane wai e hoʻomahaʻole ka mea e pakele ai ka paila no ka mālamaʻana i kou wāwae mai ka haʻuʻana i ko lākou iho pono'ī, a he mea pilikia loa ia me nā kāmaʻa waiʻole.
He koho maikaʻi loa lākou inā makemakeʻoe i kahi kāmaʻa maikaʻi e hele ai i ka ua aʻaʻole paha. He pae paʻa ko lākou no ke kākoʻo a me ka pono like. Hele mai lākou i 10 mau hui likeʻokoʻa likeʻole no kāu mau koho a pau.
Loaʻa i kēia mau wai uila he mau manaʻo hoʻolālā a mahaloʻia e kekahi o ka poʻe kaulana i ka poʻe mahiʻai. Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka hui i ka makahiki 1856 ma Beretania a ua lokomaikaʻiʻiaʻo ia e ka Mō'īwahine.
ʻO nā kāmaʻa Hunter he meaʻoi aku o kahi hua lōʻihi no ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai iā lākou ma keʻano o nā kala aiʻole nā kumuhana e kūpono i kou mau pono. Hāʻawi lākou i ka mahalo no keʻano a me ka mālamaʻana i kāu mau momona, nā leggings, a me nā pants. Hāʻawi nā wāhine iā lākou i loko o ke kūlanakauhale a noʻonoʻo i ka hoihoi a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana iā lākou no nā hana ua nui ma ka mahinaʻai a me ka mahiʻai. Heʻekahi iniha ka lōʻihi ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae a he 16'niha ke kikowaena mai ke kiko. Hāʻawi ka lāpuni pale i ka hopena maikaʻi no ka heleʻana i ka ua.
Ponoʻoe e ana i kāu keiki bipi e like me kahi i hoʻomakaʻia ai he 15 iniha a puni, no laila, ināʻoi aku nā koʻikoʻi nui i kēia mau mea. No ka poʻe me nā wāwae māmā, hiki paha iāʻoe ke komo i kahi kāmaʻa kāleka e lawe ai i kekahi wahi'ē aʻe ma kahi o ka weheʻana. Ma muli o ka lōʻihi o kēia mau kāmaʻa waiʻole, e mau ana ka paʻakai i loko o ka hale inā he wāwae kou. No kekahi, hiki paha iā lākou ke hana i nā pupuʻu, no laila he mau mea kūʻai maikaʻi kēia no ka poʻe nele i ka holoʻana.
ʻO kēia mau kāmaʻa kāpili heʻano hoʻonani hoʻokipa e hana maikaʻi ai no ka heleʻana. Ua kiʻekiʻe ke kola i ka hope a ua pōkole i mua, e hana ana me kāu mau keiki i ka heleʻana. Kūleʻa ka poʻe kūʻai iā lākou no ka hana i ka holoʻana a me ka heleʻana ma nā hola hoʻomaha i Ireland a me ka Pākīpika Komohana. Hoʻopili ka papahele i ka nui o nāʻaoʻao waho,ʻaʻole wale i kaʻaoʻao kaʻa.
Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kēia i ke alahele inā makemakeʻoe. ʻO ka'ūlū he 11.5 inisi ka lōʻihi mai ke kiko. Hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ma nāʻano kala a me nāʻano leʻaleʻa e like me herringbone. Holo mai ka Columbia Sportswear mai ka ua Portland, Oregon ma kahi e hana nei lākou i nā lole nani a me nā kāmaʻa no nā makahiki he 70 e hoʻomaha ai, maloʻo a palekana.
Ke hana neiʻo Vasque i nā kāmahu o nā ala maikaʻi ma luna o nā makahiki he 50 aʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi hilinaʻiʻia e nā hanauna o ka poʻe holoholo a me nā mea hele. No laila, inā makemakeʻoe e hele no nā mile a me nā mile a aia paha ma kekahi mau alahele helehelena, hiki i kēia mau kāmaʻa no ka holo mālieʻana e mālama iāʻoe. Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i ka pono kūpono e pale aku i nā pūpū a me ka mālamaʻana i ka ua a me ka halaʻole. ʻOiaiʻaʻole he māmā, ua kaumaha lākou ma lalo o ka nui o nā kāmaʻa pahu. Ma nā hoʻolālā, ka mea kūʻai aku ma hope o ka mea kūʻai liloʻia, uaʻike lākou he mea maikaʻi loa mai kaʻaʻahu mua ma mua o ka loaʻaʻana o ka wā wāwae.
ʻO nā uppers e komo ana i nāʻeleʻele a me nāʻili kūpili waiʻole i kākoʻoʻia e ka membrane waiʻole Gore-Tex. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻomaha ka paila me ka mālamaʻana i ka ua a me nā'ōpala mai nā puddles a me nā kahawai. Hiki i ka vibram hoʻokahi keʻikeʻia no ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻoihana kiʻekiʻe ma nā ala a me ka loli. E palekana kou mau wāwae mai nā pōhaku a me nā aʻa e ke kūkuluʻiaʻana o ka pū. E hauʻoli nō hoʻiʻoe i ka pono i hāʻawiʻia e kahi kāleka kālepa maikaʻi.
Ke hana neiʻo LL Bean i nā kāmaʻa waho ma ka makahiki 1912, a he mau hana hou kēia i kēia manawa. ʻO lākou he peʻa waiwai wai kīnāʻole i hoʻopaʻaʻia e kekahi mea holoiʻole a Gore-Tex me ka waiʻole a 200-gram Thinsulate kaola. ʻO ke kākoʻo lace-up e kōkua iāʻoe e loaʻa ka maikaʻi maikaʻi no ka nui o kāu keiki bipi. ʻO ia ke maʻalahi iā lākou e komo i loko a me waho o nā kāmaʻa wai hoʻohuiʻole. ʻAʻoleʻoe e loaʻa i ka pupuhi huhū ma luna e hoʻokuʻu i ka ua.
ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona nui no ka heleʻana,ʻo ia ka loli kūkahi, kahi maikaʻi loa no ka heleʻana i kahi lōʻihi. Hāʻawi pū lākou i ke kākoʻoʻoihana a me ke kīkoʻoʻoi aku, kahi āu eʻikeʻole ai i loko o kahi kāpili wai momona. 'Ōlelo nā mea kūʻai iā lākou e lawelawe maikaʻi iā lākou i nā kauʻekolu.