Re: Your mission: Indy gear for 2000!

Posted by Dale Dassel from constellation.shreve.net on September 29, 1999 at 15:18:51:

In Reply to: Your mission: Indy gear for 2000! posted by Tim Elliott on September 29, 1999 at 15:00:13:

: Here's an exercise for the crowd, particularly the real archeologists and adventurers out there. How would YOU outfit an Indy for 2000 and beyond? A leather jacket, a canvas shoulder bag and a .45 were probably good choices in the 1930s and 40s, but have they been surpassed by new materials and technology?

: For the sake of discussion, let's assume travel in varied climates; weapons in checked baggage for air travel but a cavalier attitude toward pesky local firearms ordinances; and a respect for traveling light. Feel free to recommend new headgear (at your own peril!), Gore-Tex clothing, lightweight, concealable weapons, boots and suggested gear for whatever sort of shoulder bag you see fit, that sort of thing. Would today's Indy carry a Palm Pilot instead of a lined notebook? A GPS tracker rather than a compass? An Irridium phone instead of Western Union flimsies? Would he (or she, given Lara Croft's rise to fame) still take advantage of the abundant military surplus options out there today?

: Looking forward to a lively discussion.

: Cheers!

: Tim

I find Indy's outfit perfect for any time period. Why replace
all of those timeless, classicly good-looking, and well-built clothing
pieces with all of that flimsy plastic Japanese crap that people are
calling clothes these days? Screw them!!! They look like they're wearing
garbage bags!!! (and they might as well be) Admittedly, GPS has a
distinctive advantage over your ordinary compass, but I'm not even
going to pretend I know what a Palm Pilot is!!! As for baggage: a
standard-issue indestructible Filson bag will do just fine, as long
as it's brown. A Morgan bullwhip and a heavy-calibre handheld revolver
are indespensible. My point is this: if it's not broke, don't fix it.

-Dale Dassel

Follow Ups:

Re: Indy gear for 2000! – Rain & leather jackets? Tim Elliott 18:24:28 9/29/99 (3)
- CONFIRM!!! TOTALLY soaked- dried in 4 minutes with minor towel patting nm Dale Dassel 21:51:55 9/29/99 (2)
  - Ditto. My same experience with this great jacket (nm) Michaelson 13:04:57 9/30/99 (1)
    - Re: "My feelings exactly"! It doesn't mind the rain one bit. (nm) DeWayne 16:16:57 9/30/99 (0)

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: : Here's an exercise for the crowd, particularly the real archeologists and adventurers out there. How would YOU outfit an Indy for 2000 and beyond? A leather jacket, a canvas shoulder bag and a .45 were probably good choices in the 1930s and 40s, but have they been surpassed by new materials and technology?

: : For the sake of discussion, let's assume travel in varied climates; weapons in checked baggage for air travel but a cavalier attitude toward pesky local firearms ordinances; and a respect for traveling light. Feel free to recommend new headgear (at your own peril!), Gore-Tex clothing, lightweight, concealable weapons, boots and suggested gear for whatever sort of shoulder bag you see fit, that sort of thing. Would today's Indy carry a Palm Pilot instead of a lined notebook? A GPS tracker rather than a compass? An Irridium phone instead of Western Union flimsies? Would he (or she, given Lara Croft's rise to fame) still take advantage of the abundant military surplus options out there today?

: : Looking forward to a lively discussion.

: : Cheers!

: : Tim

:      I find Indy's outfit perfect for any time period. Why replace 
: all of those timeless, classicly good-looking, and well-built clothing
: pieces with all of that flimsy plastic Japanese crap that people are
: calling clothes these days? Screw them!!! They look like they're wearing 
: garbage bags!!! (and they might as well be) Admittedly, GPS has a
: distinctive advantage over your ordinary compass, but I'm not even
: going to pretend I know what a Palm Pilot is!!! As for baggage: a
: standard-issue indestructible Filson bag will do just fine, as long
: as it's brown. A Morgan bullwhip and a heavy-calibre handheld revolver
: are indespensible. My point is this: if it's not broke, don't fix it.

:                                       -Dale Dassel

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