Rain ?

[auld argonian]

There's a great book on camping that I have that was written by an author that seems to be mostly a very crabby old guy from Minnesota. In it he advises you that jeans are right out...the "trousers of death" if you get them wet...cotton holds the water and hypothermia (and a slow, miserable death out in the outback where your body will be picked at by coyotes and not found for weeks) follows. His advice is to go with wool trousers...Heller Hanson or Helly Hanson or something like that is the specific brand that he recommends.

No jeans, no worries.

Best

AA

[Kilted KT]

Find a tent and drink some Murphy's, or Beamish.

don't forget MacEwens!

[KiltedKnight]

We have an Irish Faire coming up this weekend in LA and I was planning to wear my beligerently green Irish National kilt to but the weather is gonna be wet. How do you boys deal with rain and such ? I know wet jeans are no picnic, what about a wet kilt?


CT - what to do.

Okay, I'll bite...WHERE? Tell me where? Why am I the last to know?

Chris.

[Iolaus]

Okay, I'll bite...WHERE? Tell me where? Why am I the last to know?

Chris.

L.A. County Fairgrounds . It's a big thing. Here is more info.

[KiltedKnight]

Thanks amigo, hope to see you there.

Chris.

[Yaish]

Pomona Fairplex, right off the 57 and I believe 210 freeways.

As Iolaus mentioned I'll be there on Saturday competing in the mens "C" class heavy events. I probably wont be there Sunday as I am thinking of going to Muldoons for their kilt contest.

http://www.la-irishfair.com/2006/Home.htm

http://www.muldoonspub.com/

[Pleater]

Sigh - Helly Hansen - I always wanted to find a large yacht and skipper rich enough to have Helly Hansen gear for the crew....

Never did though.

Having been out in my Black Stewart for three days running and got rained on every time I can thoroughly recomend a wool kilt in a storm.

I wear a wool jersey, wool beret, and take an umbrella and a light wool wrap - I think it is technically a serape - like a poncho but split right around the front and with a scarf attached round the neck which is large enough to make a head covering.

The wetter and heavier wool gets the warmer and more wind resistant it becomes.

[Retro Red]

How do you boys deal with rain and such ?

WHAT IS THIS "RAIN" YOU SPEAK OF??? :confused:
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(ed. Retro Red lives in Phoenix, which hasn't seen measurable precipitation for nearly 5 months.)

[KiltedKnight]

And to think that denim was originally meant to be used to make tents! Can you imagine a wet tent made of denim?

Chris. :rolleyes: