CalmPilot101

CalmPilot101 t1_iw4zjlx wrote

Most pants are cotton, including ones used in the outdoors. M75 and many others like it are/were standard issue military pants.

I used M75 in active duty and wore them every day. In anything from hot and dry summer days to rain, river crossings and soggy marshlands, full winter and anything in between.

Sure there are plastic ones with fancy membranes. They are nice, but not especially durable. Jackets are a bit different IMO, as they do not receive as rough a treatment as pants. I thus prefer such a jacket and cotton pants.

Thick cotton pants do have their drawbacks -- they are heavy, slow drying and stiff when frozen. But they are rough as hell and you can waterproof them to a certain extent.

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