extreme weather conditions...all should read

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:26 am

Forgive me for not posting cites but I know I've seen the subject of rain discussed on here before. DVD is right, the mud is going to be heavy. But with smooth sided boots mud would be easier to knock off of than a pair of tennis shoes or sandals.

And if it rains, most vehicles will get stuck as the tires keep picking up mud until they bog down. That's something I recall being mentioned on the BLM website and the main BM site. Anyway without cites I'm just rambling, but I'm taking rain and Alpha conditions into consideration this year. Last year's high winds and dust made a believer out of me.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:30 am

smooth boots sound like a good idea. Any sites you can suggest about the boots. I have no idea where to start being the city boy that I am.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:59 am

Badger recommended these:
http://tinyurl.com/39ahg (work safe link)

But...even Wally World carried the basic mud boot, at least in the Midwest they do.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:17 am

Well.....ahem.......I have big feet. (Probally not as big as yours Mr. K.) never the less, I think I may have to do some searching around. but thanks for giving me a start in the right direction. I will share what I find in the large foot area once I find something that is worth the while sharing.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:42 am

Try finding Size 14 anything. It's a real pain in the....pocketbook.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:49 am

Ah ha ha. I knew I had some kind of connection with you.

Yes it is rather costly and that's if you can find anything you like.

(and for anyone that has questions about the size of feet and hands being true about the myth.......the answer is yes.)

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:01 am

We definitely have some things in common, and yes, it's not a myth.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:14 pm

I like the dusty photos from inside the trailer.

It dispells the myth that Trailers are less dustier then tents- a well designed tent is actually less dustier then trailers.

A II Z

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:35 pm

Try finding Size 14 anything. It's a real pain in the....pocketbook.

Well, you know what they say about people that have big feet...

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:36 pm

Big socks?

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:50 pm

The kind that would really excite you Miss Iso.

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:58 pm

Tancorix wrote:Looking past the compass jokes, Garmin makes a GPS called the eTREX which can be found in many locations for approximately $100. It works very well on the playa.

Has anyone ever created a GPS map that is downloadable so you could see where you were with repsect to meaningful BM coordinates (streets, the man, etc)?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:05 pm

Yes and no. Yes, a map system has existed, but no, it's not particularly meaningful, and by the time you stop dicking around with your PDA you could have just asked someone where you were or walked in a line until you hit a fence or other recognizable hard object.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:20 pm

Tancorix wrote:Try finding Size 14 anything. It's a real pain in the....pocketbook.

Heh, Heh, Heh...

My ex-brother-in-law wears, forsooth I shit thee not, a size 21. I could stand the damn things on their toes and they came up to about 3" below my knees. And the funny thing is that when he wears ‘em, they don’t look out of proportion. “Big guy” is an understatement.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:35 pm

whoa!

What is going on with his myth. have you seen it.

Tell us.....we all want to know.

Glittering Clitoris · Post by **Glittering Clitoris** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:49 pm

LeChatNoir wrote:
Tancorix wrote:Try finding Size 14 anything. It's a real pain in the....pocketbook.
Heh, Heh, Heh...

My ex-brother-in-law wears, forsooth I shit thee not, a size 21. I could stand the damn things on their toes and they came up to about 3" below my knees. And the funny thing is that when he wears ‘em, they don’t look out of proportion. “Big guy” is an understatement.

Does he have big hands, if you know what I mean? eh, eh.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:29 pm

ITYM thumbs.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:55 am

stuart wrote:#7 revel in the glory and power of nature, the surrealness of it all, and dance even harder to the ultra funky music and laugh your head off.

ter.

If there were a "best of" section for posts here, this would have to go to the top of the list.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:32 pm

we all want to know

uh, no, we don't.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:44 pm

uh, no, we don't.

I'll second that!

CdnChick · Post by **CdnChick** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:07 pm

Your local Large-mart usually carries these gumboots in very large sizes and for very cheap (less than $20 Canadian up here)

Gumboots generally fit fairly large as well. This is to leave room for thick wooly socks if wearing these boots while trudgin through wet snow and slush.

I got my last red pair for $9 Cdn. Very handy in the muck.

Hope this helps :)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:56 am

I got my boots (although I'm a dainty lady-like

in one of those farm supply stores for $10 (or under on sale, circa 1993). I can't even think of the name anymore (something like "Ar-Bee's" but I know that's wrong.) Catch is that the store in question is in Chico. If you get outside the city to where actual ag is going on, you should be able to find such a store and get such boots.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:59 am

I'm starting to think maybe this boot thing may have a flaw in the fact that many of them seem to be made for the winter. how hot will they be on the playa?

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:01 am

Spray 'em silver and wear 'em at night.

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:03 am

If it is muddy, it will not be hot. If it is hot, it will not be muddy (at least not for long). The boots are for "emergencys" like when you have to go next door for a drink or down the street to JOTS and cannot wait a few hours for everything to dry off (or it doesn't stop raining). Assuming "normal" weather, you would not want to wear these kind of boots.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:04 am

You sound like you stayed at a holiday Inn last night.

what about after it rains durring the day. I'm thinking of the senerio I posted earlier.

Thinking about it, I just may be better off just bringing a beat up old pair of shoes instead.

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:22 am

If it rains during the day, then it will not be hot until it stops raining. During the rain the boots will not seem too hot (heavy, yes). Once the rain stops and the sun comes out, the mud dries pretty quickly. I get irritated by the "looseness" of the boot long before I do the "heat". YMMV

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:26 pm

DVD Burner wrote:What is going on with his myth. have you seen it

Don’t know, man... Sorry to disappoint you. Sounds like you had your hopes up, too. The girls always seemed to gather around him though. Don’t know what that meant, but it is something I took note of. What with my size 10-1/2 grungy work boots, I suppose I suffered from Adidas Envy.

And to the topic of the thread:

Most places will have a farm supply store lurking around. Check, as Cryptofishist suggested, out where the Ag is happening. And I think Southern States (the local farm outlet) has a website that you should be able to order from. If you can find them, the kind that are made to slip over you normal footwear are great, but more expensive. And yes, the normal rubber mud boots (or as I call 'em "Muck-it-out Boots") are loose and floppy and make a great "Whork Whork Whork" sound if you take off running in them. A pair of those, some silver tights, suspenders and a Batman hood and cape, and mister... you've got yourself an outfit!!!

Either way, they sound like a great addition to the packing list. Having grown up where it flooded with some regularity, I can tell you that they are damn nice to have. After the water would subside, it left behind about 4"-6" of sticky, brown mud that I suspect was not unlike the playa dust. Very fine, like talc. Sometimes this was in the first floor of the house, not just the yard or fields. The times it got in the house, it happen pretty quickly. I can remember being very little and Dad carrying me on his shoulder through the kitchen of the old farm house and the water being halfway up his thighs. Frogs were swimming around. Talk about a mess to clean up... Jeez. The smell of Clorox stills reminds me of cleaning up after a flood. Wearing Mom's rubber gloves (that were way to big for me) and washing the gunk off my matchbox cars.

shitmouse · Post by **shitmouse** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:54 pm

the only problem with large boots -(or any shoe) on the wet playa is the snowball effect.
--- your feet will be 50-pound mud platforms before you get 10 feet from your tent. wondering if there's something to spray on that acts like teflon for boots? wd40? vasaline?
-b

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:16 pm

Or maybe just...Teflon. There's a Clorox cleaner out now that has Teflon as an ingredient.

Any safer sex manual will tell you that oil — like Vaseline and WD-40 — eats rubber.

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