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Originally Posted by normw
While browsing some of my photos of trips in Alaska and the Yukon . . . The silty calcium chloride content in the spray tends to dry to a very hard and crusty film.
The stuff even managed to work its way into zippers despite flaps of material covering them.
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I have never encountered mud, clay, sand, or road salt as insidious as calcium chloride. The leg zips on my overpants started to pack up, was able to clean and lube to get home, but a short time later they failed completely.
When I was up Yukon way I had mostly hard luggage but also had a zippless tank bag -- drawstring under the velcro'd down "cap" that included the map window. All that luggage survived very well.
I have also used roll-top soft luggage and I believe it would have survived the calcium chloride pretty well since mine have largish buckles. I don't really like roll-top, but it is simple, waterproof, and secure (not theft-proof secure, but stays-in-place secure).
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