Can you remember the last time the sun shone consistently over the UK? Was it 2022? Must be, because I can’t remember more than 14 days of sunshine in a row since then. On the other hand, wet, soggy weather is a perfect test bed to try out a new walking/orienteering jacket. And here it is, the high-performance Rab Namche, a storm-proof jacket made using the latest version of every adventurer's favourite fabric, Gore-Tex.
Now I’m as big a sucker to marketing as the next person, so I always find myself gravitating towards outdoor garments that sport the famous triangular Gore-Tex logo. For the uninitiated, Gore-Tex was originally made using PTFE (polymer polytetrafluoroethylene or Teflon as it is more commonly known) but the company has more recently moved over to ePE (expanded polyethylene) as a more sustainable alternative.
