Seth Bewer sent us the following love letter and photo: As an avid outdoor lover and long- distance hiker, my RailRiders Eco-Mesh pants and Madison River shirt have taken me from Georgia to Maine on an Appalachian Trail thru-hike of over 2,000 miles, as well as subsequent thru-hikes of the New England Trail and the Vermont Long Trail. When I only have the clothes on my back to wear everyday for months at a time, I trust RailRiders to deliver a comfortable and long lasting piece of equipment for any outdoor pursuit.”

Nancy Rassiga-Tripp writes: ” Hi!  I bought the women’s Eco-Mesh shirt a few years ago, and have been absolutely wowed by it! I use it both as a sun-guard shirt and a wind-shirt. Mostly to now I’ve worn it in Baja, Mexico, when it is so hot, but I want my arms protected.  It’s been on whale-watching adventures with me, as well as recently on a kayak-camping-hiking adventure, again in Baja.  It is never too hot when I use it to protect as a sun screen, and always works when I use it as a wind screen. It really does everything you describe in the catalog – one of the best investments I’ve ever made…my husband has the male version! Thank you!”

Robert Zerillo writes: “Wanted to drop you a line about how I live out of my Jammin’ Shorts.  I wore them every day on my recent cruise to the Southern Caribbean.  We snorkeled, kayaked, hiked, and went sailing for 7 days.  The penultimate adventure, though, was going on the 12 metre Regatta in Philipsburg, St. Maarten.  We sailed on Dennis Conner’s S/V Stars and Stripes (US-55) and beat the butts of the Canadian vessel.  My Jammin’ Shorts were perfect  for the day!  In fact, I even got to captain the vessel after our win. That’s a photo of me behind the wheel in my Jammin’Shorts.  The perfect end to the perfect vacation wearing the perfect clothing.  No matter what I put  them through, my Jammin Shorts are durable, long-wearing and extraordinarily comfortable.  I even use them as my swimming suit at the local pool because they dry out within minutes after I get out of the water.  Keep up your good work and I’ll keep buying your products!”

Dale Easley writes: “I just returned from two weeks in Botswana with a group of students from the University of Dubuque where I am a geology professor.  My X-treme Adventure Pants were my go-to outfit, as was my Explorer Shirt.  In the attached photo, I am at Elephant Sands, a great spot to drink a beer and watch elephants after a night camping in the bush.  We had elephants and hyenas around our tents near a watering hole.”

Thiago Zanetti writes: “I used the shirt and pants today. Really love the items. Much better than all I´ve ever used, and I’ve been using fishing clothes since I was a baby as my grandma tell us.”

Christine Arvidson writes: Here’s a photo from our trip snowshoeing in the French Alps. We wore our RailRiders gear all week. The Winter Weatherpants were perfect, especially for sliding down slopes on our butts — mine stayed dry! We love our RailRiders.

Bruce Pate writes, “Here I am racing in my RailRiders X-Treme Adventure pants aboard Airborne, a J109,  in Galveston Bay. We won 3rd place last week {in the Icicle Series} and were awarded a bottle of rum. These pants are great!”

Jory of Florida Paddlesports writes, “I got this tarpon a few months back on an SUP. You should like the outfit…all RailRiders!”

Adventure junkie Doug White writes, “There’s just not much more important than having ‘No BS’ gear when you’re in places that you can’t predict.  No matter how beautiful the place is, getting thrashed and scuffed up, sunburned, wet, hot or cold will make it less enjoyable.  Think about it.  It could suck if things went south on you and your clothes shredded up.  I mean, when you can’t rely on the conditions or even terrain conditions, having stuff that works reliably in many conditions, well, that just makes sense.  This RailRiders clothing rocks. It’s definitely ‘No BS’ gear, and I have come to depend on the stuff.

I just returned from my Fall excursion into the slot canyons of the Escalante River {in south-central Utah}  That place is high on my list of spectacular and unexplored backcountry.  I had the time of my life of slithering through some remote slots in a real ‘off-the-beaten-path’ area. I wore the same set of RailRiders shirt and pants for days, and as long as you didn’t have to smell me up close and personal, I looked fairly descent, thank you very much.  That shirt and pants took one helluva beating, but they stayed together perfectly.  Anyway, thanks for making products that I can count on and be relatively confident that I will return to civilization in fully clothed.”

Karen Stubenvoll MD writes, “I’m a raptor-banding assistant at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, MN. It’s important to wear clothing with no buttons around the mist nets where we capture our hawks for banding. So I was thrilled to discover the RailRiders Eco Mesh shirt — no buttons, great ventilation, long sleeves to avoid sunburn. Here is a photo of the shirt and me with a red-tailed hawk. I also love the Weatherpants. RailRiders — my favorite clothing brand for raptor banding!”

Ryley B writes: “I just wanted to send you guys a note about the Eco-Mesh shirt. The one in the picture made it 3000 miles of hiking – all of the Pacific Crest Trail and the first 400 miles of the Continental Divide Trail. Eventually the ridiculous amount of bushwhacking I’ve done in it tore it to shreds, but it took a hell of a beating before giving up. Really, in the pic it just looks a bit dirty (no surprise since I had just worn it for 5 days straight). In the deserts of Southern California, it performed like a champ, keeping me as cool as I imagine is possible in 100+ degree heat. Since then, I’ve stuck with it through all kinds of weather and it has never let me down. I especially love that it keeps the bugs off me even while keeping me cool. No other shirt I’ve owned can manage that feat.”

Rita writes: “Here is a picture of myself at the helm of a Dufour Gibsea 46 in Tortola, BVI this January 2011.  It was my first sailing trip there and I wore my Oasis Shirt all the time.  I got lots of really dirty dirt on the sleeve when I had to help feed the anchor chain into the holding area but it cleaned up like a dream!  I will wear it often this year and my new shirt and Capris!”

David Sandoval sent us the following photo and email after a “deep-see” vacation in the Caribbean: “The RailRiders Eco-Mesh shirt was an integral part of helping me explore St John, USVI comfortably. I used it for cross-island hiking and even snorkeling! I was sunburned badly on the first day of my trip after a three-hour snorkel around Waterlemon Cay, and was sidelined from further snorkeling. Refusing to give up on the magnificent snorkeling St John has to offer, I remembered my Eco-Mesh shirt was rated 30 UPF and gave it a shot. It worked! I was able to spend several more days gathering once in a lifetime memories. Thanks!”