Monday, March 23, 2009

words of advice from a wwooff veteran

wwooff = world wide organization of organic farms france

....definitely take stuff whose demise or destruction or splattering with cowshit won't break your heart. After months in the same clothes, you'll probably want to throw the clothes away no matter what. Layers are good, waterproof boots might be pretty necessary...you should buy rain work boots here and make sure you get something comfortable and durable. And good warm socks to go with them. Spend the money for the good stuff. His feet were always cold and uncomfortable, and that's no bueno when you're on your feet all day, and are probably pretty cold and uncomfortable anyway. Then I'd have comfortable boots you can wear when it's not raining. Rain gear definitely a good idea. I never got rain pants, but they wouldn't hurt. Rain jacket, obviously. Bandana, baseball/sun cap, beanie: both for sun and wind and cold and keeping your hair out of your face.Sturdy cargo pants, like carharts or something. Sturdy is important; his pants got ripped to shreds, mine were tough and made it almost to the end without any holes but eventually succumbed.


yikes!

1 comment:

  1. Dre, I remember reading about this awesome French brand of outdoor clothing, you should look into it: le chameau — http://www.lechameau.com/

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