Good hat needed for a variety of conditions, from summers in Alabama and the attendant heat, humidity, sun, and rain, to winters in TN-NC (Smokies). Any suggestions?
I experimented last summer with a cotton Tilley-style souvenir hat from Gulf Shores while I was on the coast. It was poorly fitted - yet effective at keeping the sun off the back of my neck. Drooped excessively even in a lite shower. I was thinking now of a better fitting one from Tilley, like their T3, or even a Tarp Hat from 'Real Deal Brazil'. The latter was used in the current 'The Losers' movie and previously, 'Zombieland'. A zombie movie chapeaux - gotta be a good omen!
It's been many years since I 'had' to wear a hat - and that a silly looking white hat. I wouldn't wear a hat for years - but skin cancer is real - had close calls - need protection. This would aid survival, too, in an extended day hike, etc. Suggestions?
Stainz
I experimented last summer with a cotton Tilley-style souvenir hat from Gulf Shores while I was on the coast. It was poorly fitted - yet effective at keeping the sun off the back of my neck. Drooped excessively even in a lite shower. I was thinking now of a better fitting one from Tilley, like their T3, or even a Tarp Hat from 'Real Deal Brazil'. The latter was used in the current 'The Losers' movie and previously, 'Zombieland'. A zombie movie chapeaux - gotta be a good omen!
It's been many years since I 'had' to wear a hat - and that a silly looking white hat. I wouldn't wear a hat for years - but skin cancer is real - had close calls - need protection. This would aid survival, too, in an extended day hike, etc. Suggestions?
Stainz
Unfortunately for me, I have found out the hard way that I have reached, as my dermatologist put it, my "genetic limit" of sun exposure. I'll be ok, but I wish there was more info. on the dangers of sun exposure when I was growing up.
