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![[Will Sim wearing the Marmot Genesis Jacket on the Kuffner, 2 kb]](http://img.ukclimbing.com/t/137890.jpg "[Will Sim wearing the Marmot Genesis Jacket on the Kuffner, 2 kb]")
The Marmot Genesis Jacket has identity issues but - like the moody kid dressed in black at the back of the class - this only makes him more interesting to know, says Toby Archer.
"The Genesis really wants to be a softshell: it calls itself a softshell, looks like a softshell, feels like a softshell - it's just that when you go out with it on some wild, windy mountainside it starts behaving like a hardshell. Ultimately, this is a comment on the increasingly useless term 'softshell' rather than on the Genesis. I have some reservations, explained below, about the Genesis but overall it is a really serious piece of mountain clothing. You just need to know how it works to know if it is right thing for you.
Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/review.php?id=2487
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