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Took my adventure top riding camels in the desert to selling almonds in Jmaa El Fna in Morocco! Sorry for all the pics, but all I wore on my two week trip through Morocco was an adventure top, eco-mesh shirt, winter weather pants, and extreme adventure pants. David Sandoval, Houston, TX
I have also attached photos from my trip to Colombia. I did a 5 day hike in the Colombian rain forest with ONE pair of clothes. I hiked and slept in the eco-mesh shirt and extreme adventure pants. Only the awesomeness of these clothes allowed me to do that. They dried when no other clothes would dry in the 100% humidity. I always slept in dry clothes no matter how drenched I got during my hike! I must say that buying these clothes has had a pronounced side effect. I feel like all vacations must live up to the extreme adventureness of the clothes I have.
Here's a couple pictures from our trip snowshoeing in the French Alps last week. We wore our RailRiders gear all week. The winter weather pants were PERFECT -- especially for sliding down slopes on your butt -- mine stayed dry! We LOVE our Railriders. - Christine Arvidson - North Carolina
My uncle John gave me some RailRiders for my Nols adventure in kahurangi national park, south island NZ. Best travel clothes I have ever used. Nice job Johnny!
I just returned from my Fall excursion into the slot canyons of the Escalante River. 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 heluva beating, but they stayed together perfectly. That's what I'm talking about! I even got to test them in a "self rescue from quicksand" moment. That was good! I had to hand my wife the camera, and tell her to video me as I demonstrated the proper technique. We were both laughing so hard at the rediculous situation, I almost got in trouble! I came to my senses, obviously, but there's yet another lesson on focus and distracted trekkers
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 Rail Rider Eco Mesh shirt -- no buttons, great ventilation, long sleeves to avoid sunburn. Attached is a photo of the shirt & me with a Red-tailed Hawk. Karen Stubenvoll MD Duluth MN
Hi Pam, it's Brad Barlow / Newbury Park, Ca: We went back & forth a little last month about one pair of xxl X-Treme Adventure pants (you may not remember) but you were VERY helpful to me, & I haven't forgotten! Anyway, I'm just back from Indonesia & I'm a huge convert to Rail Riders! Wow..... just like those little 'ads' in the catalog said! I wore these pants for 14 days straight, washing them only once (while wearing them in the shower, lol) w/ that little bottle of hotel shampoo. After exploring caves & climbing a volcano in Bandung, Indonesia, I wore them the next morning on our flight to Hong Kong ~ and had a lady in the waiting area of the airport tell me "how nice it was to still see some people get dressed up for flying." OMGosh, what a compliment to you guys! I also wore your Equator HT top w/ insect shield & had 99% less mosquito bites than anyone in my party! If these things ever wear out, I'm going to buy more! Thanks for great products! Brad Barlow, Newbury Park, CA - M.Ed. Athletic Director / Teacher
Dear RailRiders, My older brother, Jay, and I recently went on a whirlwind adventure in Egypt to celebrate his 40th birthday. Now, as anyone can tell you, Egypt is hot. But Egypt in July is just plain brutal! Nevertheless, from exploring the barren Black Desert to camping beneath the stars in the otherworldly White Desert, from the Great Pyramids and the mysterious Sphinx to the massive stone guardians of Abu Simbel, from the streets of Cairo to spending the night on an open sailboat on the Nile, my Eco-Mesh pants were up to the task! Given our itinerary, my goal was to travel light, so each garment that went along on my journey was carefully chosen. In a conservative country such as Egypt, shorts are not only frowned upon, but they instantly peg you as a Western tourist, which then signals the locals to charge you exorbitant prices on just about anything. Fortunately, my Eco-Mesh pants allowed me to blend in a little better than the average tourist. They are extremely light, cool, comfortable, and were rugged enough to survive a journey by plane, train, camel, donkey, felucca (a small sailboat), hot air balloon, and automobile. They also did the trick in keeping the insects at bay while camping in the desert and along the Nile. Regards, James Michael Rice, Boston, MA. Author of Rebel Angels, The Still, and A Tough Act to Follow
This past fall I completed hiking and climbing all of Colorado's 58 14,000' peaks. I have worn the X-Treme Adventure Pant (or the Winter Weatherpant) for all of the climbs. The pockets are handy but don't get in the way, and overall have just the right amount of stretch for those long reaches. Over the three years, I have logged over 450 miles and climbed over 190,000 vertical feet. I have scraped and rubbed my way through three backpacks but have yet to "need" to replace my khaki X-Treme Adventure Pant. After waiting them out for two and a half years, I finally ordered a pair in slate just to give my photos some diversity. One of my favorite shots with my new slate X-Treme Adventure Pant was taken while crossing the famous knife edge of Capitol Peak, my 56th summit and considered one of the hardest. - Mike Smith - Houston, TX
Here's a picture of my wife and I in our RailRiders Weatherpants next to a beached iceberg in Ford's Terror south of Juneau, Alaska. We traveled to Alaska in 2009 on a sea kayaking trip and we're hired on as guides in 2010. Our Rail Riders clothing served us well on land and on sea as we worked on the sea kayaking mothership Homeshore Thanks for such outstanding products! - Ron & Suzanne Smith
I have enjoyed traveling the for most of my life. I was lucky to have a job making documentaries all over the world, and for vacations, my wife and I love to explore other countries. Traveling with television gear, the last thing I want is another piece of luggage, so RailRiders is a natural choice for me. No matter how long the trip, I only take two pair of pants (weather pants and adventure kakis ) and two explorer shirts. I don't take a suit case because the clothing packs so small and light, that I can put it in my camera bag. I wash one set of clothing in the sink and wear the other. Wether I'm hiking in Bhutan, kayaking in the Antarctic, living with gypsies in Romania, or having dinner with the mayor of Chongqing, China, my clothing is always appropriate and durable. No rips, no tares, no broken zippers. I still wear my first pair of weather pants (over ten years old) - Bill Fenster, Phoenix, AZ
I thought you might enjoy the attached photos of some rail riders I captured on film in San Blas, Mexico. I left Seattle in September of 2009 wearing my first pair of Rail Riders that I purchased in the mid 90’s. I wear them for everything and they just are wonderful. With a pair of silk underwear they are perfect for night watch. During rainy hikes they are perfect and keep me from catching a chill. I’ve hiked and rock scrambled, touch whales, fished and just had an all round good time in this equipment. I have two other pair now, but the first pair is still my favorite. Thanks for the great product. Rose Loper, SV Lovely Lady
Well, here I am in my Adventure Khaki Pants and Hydro-T, exploring the Pioneer Auto Show in the wilds of Murdo, South Dakota. Thanks to RailRiders I can now wear the same clothes on the trail and indoors and cut my travel wardrobe in half. They have served me well in Utah in October and Panama City in February. Thanks for making an excellent product at an affordable price. Little know fact: The King and I were born on the same day, January 8, 1935. He at 4:35 a.m. in Tupelo and me at 8:21 p.m in Los Angeles. If you guys ever wondered what Elvis would look like if he were alive today, now you know. Chris Zinn
Commodore Ron of the CSYC Yacht Club in Michigan in his new Jammin Shorts and Eco-Speed-T awaiting the spring thaw!
Dear Railriders, Please find attached a photo of me wearing my new eco-mesh shirt for the first time. The photo was taken along the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria, Australia over the New Year Weekend. The long distance walk follows the coastline for 100km and we had a wonderful time. Cheers, Thorlene Egerton - Australia
I'm back from an awesome trip to the Faroe Islands and Iceland. Iceland was great, but I was totally blown away with the Faroes. Formed by now extinct volcanoes and carved by glaciers, the natural beauty of this group of islands in the North Atlantic was really something. Here's a pic of me hiking in my versatac pants with a Hydro-zip T base layer. As usual, Railriders served me very well this trip. I'll post some more trip pics and send you a link in the next few days. Sailing around the northern coast of Iceland we crossed the Arctic Circle. Too cool!
Craig Hovick, DDS enjoying Libations in Laos in a RailRiders Expedition Shirt and Backcounty Khakis. It appears he cannot decide between the bottle or the can!
Off to the Races. The 16th annual beach Olympic flipper race on the shores of the BVI's.
Guides from Red Jeep Adventures in their Eco-Mesh Shirts. Red Jeep Adventures provides Eco-Tours throughout the mountains near Palm Springs, California
Larry Koenig encounters a colorful restaurant manager on his kayaking tour of the Gulf Coast.
All dressed in Eco-Mesh Shirts, the Guides of Desert Adventures in Palm Springs, CA will take you on a Eco-tour of the backcounty in the Red Jeeps!
John – The secret tunnels of Kauai are known to few, explored by fewer. Google them. These pics show the before, during, and after with my new Extreme Adventure Pants. They endured the crotch-high water of the tunnels and nasty mud of the Hawaiian rainforest. My wife had to, “hose down” the pants before even attempting a conventional washing machine. In the end they looked good as new – just as expected. Thanks for the tough pants – Drew Olson, Sandpoint, ID
We just got back from a week at Camp Denali in Denali Nat'l Park, AK. Our clothes were pure Rail Riders; Versatac light pants, Expedition shirts, X-treme adventure pants and Rampage shorts. All are excellent products and function as advertised. I've had the Adventure pants for at least ten years and there is hardly any sign of wear and I've worn them hundreds of times! Thank you for a great catalogue of products. Leon Bouteiller Cornwall, CT
Dear RailRiders, The photo is of this 64 year old geezer finishing the Bluzcruz Canoe and Kayak Marathon at Vicksburg, MS after 22 miles on the Big Muddy. Note the Adventure Shirt is keeping me cool both literally and figuratively. That shirt and the unseen Weatherpants under my spray skirt are favorites for kayaking whether I’m racing or touring. Since a stint in Special Forces 40 years ago I’ve made it a habit of going off the beaten track pursuing adventure in diverse climes ranging from Montana to the Buffalo River to the Gulf Coast Barrier Islands to Kenya to Saudi Arabia to the Golden Triangle in north Thailand. I embraced the revolution in technical fabrics that was the catalyst for a huge paradigm shift in what we expect from outdoor clothing and equipment. All that being said, it seemed for a decade or so that most of the R&D went into equipment, not clothing. Sure, I rejoiced at being freed from jeans and t-shirts made of cotton “death cloth”. However, it was basically the same old clothing, just better fabric. While tents, packs, and other equipment enjoyed a plethora of new bells and whistles, clothing seemed to be satisfied with tech fabric versions of denim and cotton t-shirts. RailRiders has changed that. As far as bells and whistles, why did it take 3 decades to figure out that a cargo pocket should open conveniently while sitting? I guess the world was just waiting for somebody like RailRiders to be smart enough to put those zippers in the right place on their Versatac pants. RailRiders has taken outdoor clothing to a new level. In my quest to make the switch to an all tech fabric wardrobe, including my work (college professor) attire, I’ve acquired a drawer or three full of products from a variety of also-rans. Over the last few years, I’ve found that I rarely open anything but the RailRider drawer. There’s simply no competition as far as style, comfort, function, and durability. The only downside… at my age, I may never have cause to buy another pair of pants. Tom Meyer
Thought I'd send a long another photo of the same shirt that made it up Kilimanjaro and into you catalog. This time its the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Feel free to use it if you wish. My well worn eco-mesh shirt that accompanied me up the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro last October was the perfect top cover for a field expedition in the damp woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And just what were we doing? I was holding a still slightly sedated coyote by the scruff of his fur on a chilly June morning as researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment and Mississippi State University College of Forest Resources worked on lab draws before releasing the now-radio collared coyote to pursue his wild ways in freedom as he sends radio signals and GPS coordinates to document his activity. The coyote is part of a predator-prey study underway involving deer fawns, bobcats, wolves, black bears and coyotes.
Steve "Chaco" Chase writes: "This photo was taken at mile 1431.4 of the AppalachianTrail Thru-hike with Sheila "Toesox" Black. A "laundry stop" in Jennings Creek where the AT crosses Route 614 in Virginia. RailRiders clothing is literally "wash and wear"! We just left the creek and kept hiking with soaking wet but now cleaner clothing for an 18.3-mile day ending at the Bryant Ridge Shelter to camp for the night. It only took 15-20 minutes for our clothes to dry. "Toesox" and I took only one shirt on the AT-- the RailRiders Eco-Mesh."
Hand Feeding giant Stingrays on Stocking Island, Great Exuma. The Stingrays food of choice - Fresh conch!
The attached pic shows me wearing my beloved Railriders Adventure Pants (circa early 90’s) during their last trip before I retired them. In August my family spent a week on Eagle Lake in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest – the wettest & largest temperate rainforest on Earth. Once again, your pants were the perfect gear for a week’s worth of living in a remote cabin, deep in the Alaskan bush. When the floatplane returned to pick us up after 8 days of hiking, fishing, and blueberry picking, and I still wearing my Railriders – the only pants I had brought. Upon my arrival home to Idaho, I saw your latest catalog featuring the new Extreme Adventure Pants with their many upgrades from my old style Railriders. I decided it was finally time to retire my favorite old Adventure Pants, along with their burn holes, scuffs, and stains. Now I’ve got a fresh pair of Extreme Adventure Pants in my closet, ready for our upcoming trip into the rainforest in Kauai. I can’t wait to get them dirty. My wife says I should bronze my old pair of Railriders Adventure Pants on hang them on my wall. I just might. Thanks for making gear that’s tough,
The Big South Fork; Days of torrential rain, Three portages up Maude’s Crack, The sun finally broke ,One pair of Railrider pants—They held out. The Cuervo didn't - Nick and Theresa Roman, Orange Park, FL
Sara Holton in her Dad's (Gordon) Eco-Mesh Shirt, atop Ha Ling Moutain, near Banff National Park, Canada.
Attached is a photo from Cuenca, Ecuador.I am about to enjoy a local favorite, Cuy( also known as roasted guinea pig) in my Regulator Wind Shirt.
Glenn Sveum tries out his new alpackaraft. That's me and my daughter rafting the Animas in CO.. I am wearing my favorite shirt in the world, my Eco-mesh shirt....
Mary Gorski takes on the Badwater Race in Death Valley wearing an Eco-mesh Shirt.
Fish whisperer, Jeremy Cameron of Portland, ME stands tall in his Versatac Pants in search of the illustrious Bone-fish.
Dixie Patterson from Arizona enjoying the cool waterfall pools in her Women's Eco-Mesh Shirt
Gary Dillan of Oregon, in Weatherpants and Eco-Mesh Shirt photographs the barren lands of Death Valley.
Photojournalist travel writer Dennis Aprill wearing Versatac light pants in the Anvil Range of the central Yukon Territory of Canada while pursuing very uncommon Fannin mountain sheep found only in this region. "The Versatac pants not only served me well on the Yukon trip but I relied on them a month later when photographing polar bears on Hudson Bay."
Jonathan Schecter on his final ascent of Kilimanjaro, edging past the glacial snow files in Eco-Mesh Shirt and X-Treme Adventure Pants.
RailRiders contributor Julian Jamison takes the plunge from a New Zealand Bridge in Sawtooth Hiking Shorts - He lived to tell about it.
Peter Potterfield, known for his beautiful books on hiking all over the world admires the view in Weatherpants - A favorite hiking companion of his.
Dr. Craig Hovick, DDS. takes in the local color in Ecuador in his white Explorer Shirt and Weatherpants
Look what I found.
Jerry Sparks, a New England kayak angler in his Eco-Speed-T shows off his newly caught striper.
Me flying with my daughter and my new pants!
My railraiders weather pants and eco-mesh shirt have been with me on my last 5 years of volunteer trail crew trips with the Serria club. From the Ruby Mountains in Nevada to British Columbia.
Tom and Shannon Bosche on a tagging turtles in Trinidad adventure in their Eco_mesh Pants and AdventureTops
Shannon Bpsche prepares to tag one of the great leatherbacks, they only come to shore at night.
Joe Morrison of Southern California shows off his Versatac Pants. At the age of 47 he proves to be one tough hombre.
Dr Gary Strobel from Montana in a thicket of bamboo with his Weatherpants
EcoMesh Pants, I was the one on the PCT last year, with the fear of heights, the hunger for bigger mile days, and the inexperience to not know how wild the trip would be. You were cool in the desert sun, warm during the sierra nights. Tough as rocks but soft when we touched. I still remember the laughter when I fell asleep against you as a pillow and woke with a buckle print on my forehead. You'll remember this picture, together we climbed to new heights on Mt. Theilson. We got so dirty together that summer, but you've really cleaned up nicely since. It has been a while, if you want to reconnect, I know some slot canyons in southern Utah where I could show you a thing or two you haven't seen before
One segment of the trip was to start a new project in namibia (with cattle herders), and I'm attaching two photos with me in RR pants, shirt, and vest. The first is meeting King Taaipopi of the Uukwaluudhi region in north-central namibia, as well as his wife the queen (who spoke english better than he did, so I ended up talking more to her). The second is on a fantastically pure sand dune in the Sossusvlei area near the western coast of the country -- I got some great photos of that area! hope your summer is going well, julian
Sophie (AKA Track Rebel in her racing days) is the granddaughter of the 36 million dollar racehorse, Devil's Bag. When Sophie retired from racing, she decided to live a life of equestrian adventure and hooked up with RailRider Clothing and Megan Gist to experience life outside of going around the world in a big circle for one mile at 37 miles per hour. She thought there was much more to life than that! And she was right! These Extreme Adventure Pants have seen close to 1000 consecutive miles in the saddle for Ms. Gist and her trusty Steedette Sophie. They have been used as a neck sweat for Sophie, as pajamas for Ms. Gist and a variety of other uses have befallen these EXTREME ADVENTURE PANTS that never seem to rip, tear, fray or even break a sweet. Even with her hooves stepping on them...and her legs moving, they still stay strong. And Sophie also loves to model her new duds as she has become quite fond of dressing up in parades, on trail rides and in Rodeo's as the Queen Bee of all Festivities. THANKS TO ALL AT RAILRIDERS FOR SOME GREAT CLOTHING FOR GREAT EQUESTRIAN ADVENTURES. Oh...and the best thing yet.. these pants ACTUALLY PREVENT SADDLE SORES! I put some footage on Video just a few moments ago of Sophie modeling them. Hope it uploads to YouTube...sometimes it's picky. Here you go... -- Buffalo Moon Expedition 2010
Hi there Rail Riders, I'm a long-distance hiker who wore an eco-mesh shirt every day for four and a half months on the PCT in 2008. When I hiked the Colorado Trail in 09 I carried a "generic" hiking shirt and the differences were obvious: the fabric got thin at the shoulders after only a couple weeks, and the knit was so loose mosquitoes could easily poke through. It barely survived the 500 miles to Durango. This season I'm hiking the Continental Divide Trail, and I wouldn't risk carrying anything other than a Rail Riders trekking shirt through several thousand miles of remote Rocky Mountain wilderness. - Kris Stomberg - Santa Cruz, CA
Danelle Folta - ex playmate of the year assembles a raft at Eco-Challenge Borneo
   
 
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