I would like to point out that the image of the cowboy and wild west being the hot and dry southern states isn’t that accurate.
The wild west was also Oregon country, now Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
In the latter four, even now, if you go too far into the wild unprepared they won’t find you.
props for RDR2 for outright beginning with cowboys in hip-deep snow
You can have that weather in northern Arizona though.
The closest thing we’ve had in a game to the temperate rainforests of the pacific northwest that a lot of the cowboys of the region had to fave would be the thick tropical jungles of Crysis and Far Cry.
Exactly, there’s a whole bunch of “winter” cowboys in Montana and Wyoming, lol
They’re not called the goodlands.
It’s just called wilderness, looks beautiful, arguably more deadly.
Parks in AZ on the border of Phoenix(for example) don’t have notices that cars left in the lot will have immediate search and rescue operations started to find them at dusk. Parks on the northern edge of Vancouver do.
cars left in the lot will have immediate search and rescue
Why do they have a lot, if parking there is considered an emergency?
You’re supposed to bring your car with you portage style. It’s all part of leaving no trace.
Android deleted the word overnight. Specifically at dusk.
Cowboys are… prepared to exist outside - whatever could they have been thinking!? :-P
Seriously, each of those elements was intelligently designed for the purpose that cowboys had for them. I use many of those same elements myself, while people prepared only to sprint from car to indoors have a whole other thing going on.
That really needed some punctuation. A whole lot of it.
I’ve come to adopt a lack of punctuation at times to emphasize a certain mental state, one where cohesion and structure impede the tone.
It really does evoke a sort of manic energy
Was half expecting pepe silvia to be involved somehow 🤣
The culture that king is from hasn’t evolved a system with punctuation yet
kids these days i tell yah hwat
Just imagine the JPEG artifacts are commas and periods.
bro got high af after getting home from BIOL 130
I’ve found cowboy boots to be very slippery on snow or ice. This person’s credibility is sinking fast…
Those are riding boots, or dress boots. They also make Western style boots with rugged soles for work. I have a pair and they’re outstanding on all terrain, including snow. Here’s an example:
If you step in mud, wouldn’t your boot slide off?
If you step in deep mud, and keep walking, then it could. That’s not really a terrain feature where I live. Our soil has good drainage.
Fair.
That’s some letterkenny shit rt
I got them because we decided not to wear shoes inside our house, and unlacing my work boots several times per day was a real PITA. These take about two seconds to take off or put on.
And the leather soles get mushy…and the salt used to melt the ice absolutely shreds the leather just above the stitching when it dries out. Western boots suck in the snow, and it’s a quick way to ruin them. Even rubber-soled ones like some of Ariat’s don’t last, but they’re better on wet surfaces.
It’s kind of wild how tons of people in Alberta wear them considering the climate
The reverse of this is camels: they fitst evolved their adaptions to survive the cold, not the desert.
That isn’t the reverse, it’s the same deal - adaptations to one place turn out to be beneficial in another. Also, the desert IS cold at night, no?
Arctic deserts are also a thing (e.g. Iceland). The similarities tell the whole story:
- Poor access to liquid water
- Need to insulate body from temperature extremes, wind
- Food sources are sporadically available at best
- Need to minimize contact with ground or insulate feet
This is not to suggest that polar bears are similarly adapted to the Sahara. Rather, it’s not a huge shift, but it’s still a change.
in a similar vein rainforests do not have to be tropical, there are several temperate rainforests in europe of which the southwestern norwegian coast is apparently one
I use caps for face protection from rain.
Like a greentext…just made up BS. Really, the “cowboy” was the only one dressed appropriately for weather?
And according to this person being dressed up for the cold is wearing clothes that are designed to be worn in warm weather. Dumb.
Cowboy gear was outdoor working gear, this is completely believable if the guy was in actual work clothes.
Y’all just city af.
A cowboy hat, banana, a duster, and boots is how i understood the description which is warm weather garb.
You’re just too city to understand that.
Bro never heard about long johns and thinks dusters are exclusively warm weather gear 💀
(Also the description specifically mentions a poncho, not a duster, but ponchos are also useful for cold weather)
Ah yes, the classic winter garb: a
dusterponcho and a cowboy hat. Lmao
