The part of the sentence uses description to hold the readers interest is "we peeled off our sodden coats". Sodden means something that's soaked.
In this case, the narrator could have just written that "we took off our soaked coats" but rather, a description to hold the interest of the reader was used.
Taoist thought focuses on genuineness, longevity, health, immortality, vitality, wu wei (non-action, a natural action, a perfect equilibrium with tao), detachment, refinement (emptiness), spontaneity, transformation and omni-potentiality.
