[Ansteorra] Calontir waterbearing

[Dragonetti]

They offered both. But I only saw the straws in gallon jugs being carried to
the fighters by the water-bearers. For squirt-top water, the fighters were
invited to trek over to the water bearers station (not terribly far), where
they were available.

-=Armand=-
 

> From: Hillary Greenslade
> 
> > 
> > Though I was quite taken aback by the contact 
> water-bearing, I surmise 
> > that Calontir's culture of camaraderie and esprit de corps lends 
> > itself to such a practice. I will definitely be going back, 
> though I 
> > will take steps to insure my own water. :-) Baron Armand Dragonetti
> 
> My understanding is that Calontir is determined not to offer 
> ONLY non-contact waterbearing, in deference to the fighters 
> who have closed face helms and couldn't get the squirt-tops 
> in to a mouth opening that didn't exist or was too small. 
> They offer both choices, and I can understand that.  
> 
> The thought is that it's the fighters choice to use contact 
> or non-contact, and the fighter knows the consequences of 
> that choice.  But, as a waterbearer, Calontiri are going to 
> get the water into the fighter, whichever choice was made.  
> So, they still offer contact waterbearing (with a plastic 
> straw to slurp up the water though the face plate) AND non-contact.   
> 
> If at Lillies this year they only offered the one 
> (non-contact), then that's wrong.   
> 
> Hillary