John Laird

On Apr 8, 9:53 pm, "Rob G" <robkgra...@> wrote:

> But tell me something else wrt mapcases ? Why is that on an
> absolutely clear day - I mean seriously clear, not a cloud in the sky,
> so it was warm as well - several guys I passed out on Ben Vorlich and
> Stuc a' Chroin were walking on great big clear hill walkers' paths
> with these silly great map cases swinging around their necks ? I see
> this all over the place and cannot understand why these guys can cope
> with this ungainly object swinging around their body with each step
> they take. And there's hardly a hill now that doesn't have some sort
> of path up it so you don't need to look at the map anymore than a
> couple of times in the day.

It's all about looking the part. I see walkers wearing the full works
(goretex throughout, hats, gloves, gaiters, poles) plodding up hills
while I walk past (out of breath, admittedly) in my cheapo polycotton
trousers and coolmax t-shirt, occasionally sporting a microfleece if
it's nippy enough. (I *have* all the other gear, but it only needs to
come out when conditions demand.)

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"Murphy was an optimist."