Long sleeves in the heat, which is the counter-intuitive right answer
Columbia Silver Ridge Lite Long Sleeve Shirt
Covering up is cooler than sunscreen and a t-shirt on the exposed lower Annapurna approach; the fabric is loud and crinkly, and it will never feel like cotton.
Skip it ifHigh-altitude cold. This is a monsoon, jungle and low-approach shirt.
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Best underwearTwo pairs, washed nightly, for a whole trek
ExOfficio Give-N-Go Boxer Brief
Dries fast enough to wash one pair each evening and wear it the next day, which is the entire reason to spend this much on underwear; the mesh is hot in genuinely warm weather.
Skip it ifAnyone who would rather carry seven cheap pairs. That works too, and costs less.