[at-l] Contacts

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

I've been wearing rigid gas perms for 25 years.  I use them when hiking, I 
don't like the hassle of glasses slipping around on a sweaty face, falling 
off, steaming up, getting stepped on or scratched, rubbing on the back of my 
ears, getting tangled in a helmet drape, and having to have a separate pair 
of prescription sunglasses or sunglasses that fit over them - yuck.  Far too 
much trouble.  It only takes a minute to clean contacts and tuck them away 
in a case for the night, and then I just pop them right in in the mornings.

You're right about the greater clarity - my vision is sharper in contacts 
than it can ever be in glasses.  The only time they might be a problem is 
when it's windy and there's a lot of fine debris flying around, but it's 
pretty rare.

This means bringing solutions, a lense case, and glasses on an overnight 
hike but it's only a few ounces (the travel-sized Boston cleaning and 
soaking solutions last about two weeks).  I'll gladly carry it for the 
benefit of being able to SEE.  I've lost a dozen lenses in bathrooms, one on 
a soccer field, and another on a rollercoaster, but I've never lost a single 
lense while backpacking.

HTH

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9

>I assume someone has done some hiking with contacts. I personally never
>have as I didn't think it was worth the hassle, but I'm starting to
>think the clarity of contacts is hard to beat when one is looking out
>from a mountain top.
>
>If people could give me some pros, cons, and some war stories, that
>would be great.
>
>Casey

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