Category Archives: Clothing & Gear

New Thinking about Boots in the Water

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

Back in 2009 I wrote about the recommendation that a person going overboard should kick off their boots to keep from being dragged down. Even as I repeated the conventional survival wisdom I’d been taught, I felt there were problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Clothing & Gear | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Goodbye, Old Pants

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

I love the Thomas Carlyle quotation: “Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.” I have lived these words all my life, growing up in hand me downs from my older brother and second … Continue reading →

Posted in Clothing & Gear | Tagged , | 4 Comments