VB shirt

Chad, did you ever find someone to do this for you? I'm looking to have the same done.

Funny that you bring this up. I have been talking with zpacks about their cuben jacket that is no longer available on their website, but which you can still order for $165. You can also try luke's ultra light and their 7d silnylon shell for $150 or the 30d silnylon for $69. You may have to seal the seams in luke's ultra light stuff.

http://lukesultralite.com/content/7d-silnylon-ul-rain-shell
http://lukesultralite.com/content/silnylon-rain-shell
http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/cloudjacket.shtml

That's funny… I just sent an email to Luke to see if he would custom make something for me. I'll let you know how he responds. Ideally I wear a medium tall, wanted the silnylon, without a hood, with full pit zips and and velcro cuff.

You could always cut 3 holes in a trash bag and wear that. It wouldn't block the sweat from your arms, but it would work for the chest.

Doesnt this defeat the very concept of VBL? When I made my VBL jacket I purposely have no zippers to provide a better sealed environment.

I am not sure I understand your need for a VB shirt if you aren't sleeping.

I am not sure I understand your need for a VB shirt if you aren't sleeping.

Try hiking with some vigor without a VB at temps below 0F and windy in clothing adequate to keep you comfortable (very slightly chilled or no more than just barely warm) for a couple hours.

When finished you'll find a lot of frozen water in one of your layers. Merely inconvenient if you have a warm place to stay and dry out overnight. Much worse than inconvenient if you are your own sole source of heat for the night … and subsequent days&nights

From Andrew Skurka's website

pit zip a good option for medium activity?
> Skurka: Yes, a very good option. Ditto for arm vents. And a two-way zipper. There are many situations where you want some of the warmth and wind protection of a shell, but not all of it. If your VBL layers do not have good venting, you’ll hate them during these times.

I was looking at similar thing a while ago (didnt follow through with the project due to $$$ restraints) but Ben Smith @goosefeet gear was up for the task – making it from SilNyl or cuben…..

Mike

Hi guys –

I was out backpacking with Chad Miller on the SHT last week and he asked me to pass along that he no longer has an account at BPL:

"I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I got a PM from someone about adding zippers to my silnyon jacket. I can't respond to it due to my BPL account being deleted. If possible could you post up my gmail address in this thread."

Anyway, his e-mail is c e m i l l e r 5 1 1 at gmail dot com (take the spaces out, use @ etc). Its too bad he's not around BPL anymore – he knows a lot about winter camping :)

Matt