SC - raingear

[Stefan li Rous]

Par Leijonhufvud said:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, James Prescott wrote:
> > I'm not sure I'd trust the combination if my life was at stake,
> > but clearly simple wool with a cotton liner has some excellent
> > rain resistant properties.
> 
> Ditch the cotton liner and I would. I wear my viking age clothes on 10
> day no-equipment-but-the-clothes-on-your-body survival treks. 

Interesting. I assume others in your group are wearing modern, manufactuered
clothes. Jeans? I'd be interested in what goes on on these things and how
you manage things. Also, why you think your viking age clothes are
preferable. Of course a lot of this is probably getting off topic, so
private email would be fine.

What might be appropriate for this list, would be what you do for food.
I assume you don't survive on just ration bars. I assume the enviornment
you do this in is probably not that far off from what the Norse 
particularly in outlying settlements faced. Although you are probably
not doing this in winter, correct? But the Norse settlements probably
would be a bit more settled and have more amenities than you have.

Do you get *just* the clothes on your back? or do you get to take along
a bag of things, like ration bars, or a knife and fishhooks?

I once dreamed of doing such things, but becoming diabetic put a cramp
on those ideas and others.

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