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Temperature Regulated Alpaca Garments
How Alpaca is naturally temperature regulated and why its important for your hikes.
Alpaca Wool Makes Your Trek Experience Better Than Merino Wool
Avoid catching a cold and having to change your sweaty clothes during your hikes. Alpaca wicks more 90% of sweat while Merino only wicks 50%.
Baby Alpaca wool is not wool from a new-born baby alpaca
Baby Alpaca wool is not wool that is sheared from a baby alpaca. Baby alpaca is a type of wool from any Alpaca. Many travelers coming Peru have the idea their baby alpaca wool sweater is from an alpaca baby. This is not true. It is possible the wool comes from a baby alpaca; however, baby alpaca can come from an adult alpaca as well. Different types of Alpaca wool: Royal Alpaca wool, Baby Alpaca wool, and Superfine Alpaca wool are all found in one alpaca but at different parts of the animal. At 18 microns, the softest alpaca wool,...