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Assistant Editor Sarah Stirling ponders whether the Patagonia Simple Guide Pants are a trouser for all seasons and activities.


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In reply to UKC Gear: It is a bit more complex now they make lots of different types and weights of Guide pants, but I could add that I bought what was at the time "the Guide Pant" in 2002. I still use them regularly now, despite them getting almost weekly through the winter ice climbing and on summer mountaineering and mountain rock trips since. I found mine half price, but they would have been good value at full price.

In reply to TobyA: I've got some old Guide Pants too, but they're not as old as yours. Are they still water resistant? I like mine for cold winter trips but not summer activities.

In reply to Sarah Stirling-Assistant Editor:

I'm sure any DWR has long since washed out, so not really but that material never seems to get bothered by drizzly of soggy snow conditions. Not being in the UK I rarely go out in real rain these days!