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Montane calls the 180 "the world's lightest weight fully waterproof and breathable outdoor shirt." Well, almost, and it's a pullover by our terminology. The Montane 180 has a polyurethane laminate shell and is very light, at 7.1 ounces (201 g) for a size large.
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By Will Rietveld
Will Rietveld Ph.D, Senior Editor for Gear and Apparel, joined the BPL staff in April 2004. In his former career, Will was a research scientist, project manager, and R&D program administrator. Now retired, he lives in southern Colorado where he takes up a new career of backpacking year-round in the mountains and canyon country of the Southwest. During the summer months Will and his wife Janet are volunteer wilderness rangers in the Weminuche Wilderness. He has been a lightweight backpacker for 52 years and an ultralight backpacker for 13 years.