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Mountain Hardwear Coolidge Trunks : They Rock
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A few weeks ago I took a long awaited trip to Indian Creek, Utah, outside of Moab, and had fun putting my new Mountain Hardwear Coolidge shorts through their paces. I guess that's the polite way to put it; the reality is I beat the spunk out of these climbing-inspired shorts for days on end.
I wore them through a few thousand feet of climbing, I grated them on the sandstone walls, I took the biggest fall of my life in them, I bled on them, I spilled food on them. Then I got home, washed them, and they look brand new. No stains, no broken stitches, no abrasions. That's pretty awesome. I'm a convert.
On the style front, the shorts are hip. With a 14" inseam, they're great for climbing. Normal length shorts tend to creep up my legs thanks to my harness, and I often look like I'm wearing jogging shorts from 1985. Not so with these. I dig the two-tone stripe down the side (I have the charcoal/moon dust version), and I love the fit. There's no elastic to wear out, but there are belt loops. That's perfect -- elastic waistband shorts can sometimes bunch up beneath my harness and cause chafing.
Functionally, these shorts rock. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's as if Mountain Hardwear hired its clothing designers from the labs of NASA. No detail is left out. That two-tone stripe down the side? It's made of a proprietary fabric called Switchback Plus, which is a stretchy nylon/elastane blend that allows for great freedom of motion. Perfect for an athletic climbing short. The rest of the Coolidge Trunk is made of a bombproof nylon weave that stands up to being dragged along sandstone for pitches at a time.
My trunks have rear pockets, two hand pockets, and a really cool thigh pocket that is perfect for keys or an energy bar. To top it all off, its gusseted inseam adds a ton of freedom of motion.
I'm excited to wear these shorts all summer long. When I'm not climbing, they'll make great swim trunks.
Bottom Line: Indestructible, technical climbing shorts that double as great board shorts. - N.W. (June '08)
Price: $60
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Manufacturer's Site: www.mountainhardwear.com
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