https://pmags.com/the-quiver-headwear Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://pmags.com/the-quiver-headwear#comment-698843 Mon, 18 May 2020 15:44:34 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=27084#comment-698843 Just ordered a few minutes ago a couple of the same fleece beanies you recommended. Thanks again for all the input about gear. You have sure saved me beaucoup money. BTW less than $6 each. Think I can afford it? Ha! I just might be wearing w/ my Nemesis safety glasses. Also recommended by you. As are many other items I use constantly. Not just hiking

]]> https://pmags.com/the-quiver-headwear#comment-698795 Sat, 16 May 2020 16:59:57 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=27084#comment-698795 Interesting to see others’ choices! You have many more years of backpacking experience than I do (plus the lack of hair to contend with–I have the opposite issue!), but over the past few years I’ve figured out what typically works for me. In warm weather, a straw wide-brimmed hat gives sun coverage with ventilation, carried in conjunction with a light buff that can double as a hat for sleeping if temps dip low at night or ear protection in high winds. In fall, the good old trucker hat and buff combo, and in winter, a warm beanie for sleeping/sitting around the fire and whatever day hat the terrain dictates (broader brimmed in desert, maybe the trucker hat with less sun, just for the brim to shade my eyes).

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