E hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho i ka wā ua: e hana i ka koho kūpono

Ma waena o ka ua, ka hau a me ka lā liʻiliʻi, mahana pinepine nā kaʻa kaʻa i ka hoʻoilo! No ka poʻe wiwo ʻole, a i ʻole ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā wahi ʻoluʻolu, hiki iā ʻoe ke holo i ka makahiki a puni! Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, i ka wā ka ua no kahi hui, nui kaʻa holo kaʻa haʻalele, pinepine no ka nele o nā lako. Oiai he alo a he alo me ka ua ke holo ʻoe i ka moto me ka pulu ʻole a maloʻo paha?

ʻO ka ua a i ʻole ka lole kūikawā?

ʻO ka mea mua e loaʻa i ka wā ua he ʻaʻahu ua hiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa... Inā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu loa, kōkua ka lole i ka pale ʻana i ka umauma a me nā wāwae. ʻAʻole like me ka ʻaʻahu ua, ka ʻaʻahu a me nā pālule, kūpono ka lole no nā huakaʻi lōʻihi, no ka mea inā e hoʻokomo pono ʻia a pihi pono ʻia, ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka wai i loko. ʻIke loa e hoʻopaʻa ʻia hoailona hoailona ana ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa, pono e kūpono ke kapa wai, ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka pae flap ma luna o ka zipper.

ʻO kahi uhi ua e maʻalahi ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a hoʻonui i ka maʻalahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻokele nui a pono e hoʻolako ʻia i kekahi manawa a no kekahi mau mile, ʻo ke kapa ua a me ka pālule wai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa koke iā lākou. Eia hou, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana kaʻawale i ka uhi ua inā ua māmā a i ʻole ʻaʻole wai wai kou pants, a ʻo ia hoʻi.

ʻO ka ʻaʻahu kaʻa kaʻa wai ke kuʻikahi kūpono?

Inā holo ʻoe i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, me ka nānā ʻole i ke ʻano o ke ʻano, he manaʻo maikaʻi paha ia e hele pololei bluzon a i ʻole he ʻaʻahu wai. Nui nā ʻaʻahu kaʻa kaʻa me ka membrane wai e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. Eia naʻe, e like me nā huahana a pau, aia nā ʻano like ʻole. Akā, he aha ka mea e koho ai i waena o nā ʻaʻahu a me nā pālule wai? Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka hapa nui lako wai ma ka mākeke mahalo i ka membrane i loko o ka lole. ʻO ka'ōlelo maʻalahi, i ka wā e ua ai, hoʻopili ka lole i ka ua, a lailaʻo ka membrane ka mea e hoʻopau ai i ka wai. Ke ua, inā ʻoe i loko o kahi malu, e pulu ka papa mua o kou kapa.

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, aia nā ʻeke kaʻa kaʻa me lining laminated e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi sila kūpono mai ka mānoanoa mua. No ka laʻana, hana ʻia ka ʻaʻahu Alpinestars Managua Gore-Tex® laminated piha a glued, e hōʻoia i ka wai a me ka hanu. Pēlā nō i nā mīkina lima a me nā pālule, aia kekahi mau mea i laminated e like me nā mīkina lima Alpinestars Equinox Outdry. ®... Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa nā lako wai wai maoli, pono ʻoe e huli i kēia ʻano papahele laminate.

Inā ʻaʻohe ʻaʻahu laminated a ʻaʻahu paha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kau ʻana i kahi ʻaʻahu ua ma luna o kāu mau mea hana.

Nā mīkina lima kiʻekiʻe a me nā kāmaʻa

ʻAʻole lawa ia wai ʻole ma kekahi hapa ina e komo kou mau lala i ka wai! Inā ʻoe e kaʻa liʻiliʻi ma ke alanui, he mea nui e koho i ka ukana nui a me ka ukana, ʻoiai inā ʻo kou mau mīkina lima a nā kāmaʻa, ʻie ʻie ou kāmaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ʻaʻole wai wai. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, loaʻa pinepine mākou i ke anu ma nā ʻaoʻao, no laila he mea nui e pale iā mākou iho, ʻoi aku ka wā o ka ua. Nui nā ʻano kāmaʻa ma ka pae hoʻokahi: me kahi kapuaʻi piha, ka hapalua, a i ʻole ka wāwae paʻakikī maoli. ʻO nā kāmaʻa kāmaʻa a me nā pale pale e pale i ka hōʻino ʻana i ka wai i kāu mau mea hana, ʻoiai inā he wai.

Pehea wau e mālama ai i koʻu ʻaʻahu ua?

Inā makemake ʻoe e mālama i kāu mea hana no ka manawa lōʻihi a mālama i ka wai, e hahai i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. ʻO ka mea mua, ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana ʻana i ka ua, pono ʻoe e hana hou hoʻohuihui, kou pahu a lole paha e mālama i kāu mau mea hana i maloʻo a maloʻo ʻole. Ke maloʻo, mai makaʻu i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai wai i kēlā me kēia 6 mahina e hōʻoia ai hoailona hoailona ana kūpono loa. I nā manawa a pau no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai, ʻaʻole pono e kūlou i nā manawa a pau ka ua like loa no ka meaimpermeability pilikia e nalowale koke ke pelu ana.

Mākaukau ʻoe e hele i waho i ka ua! A ʻo ʻoe, pehea ʻoe i mākaukau e holo i kēlā me kēia wā?