Second hand clothing stores for me. You can find some gems and trashing a $5 shirt doesn't hurt like trashing a $100 one does.
Heat Rash | Working in Wet / Tight Fitting Clothes
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ghostice
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I have some Pfanner pants that have kneepad pockets - Pfanner's kneepads are quite heavy rubber stuff but you can put in lighter ones. I find the knee pads really nice for working on 45-ish degree stems for example cuz it gives me positioning options I wouldn't have if the knee bone would be in contact with the stem or branch. I really wish I'da had these way back in alpine climbing days - front pointing up endless ice gullies or low angle glacier ice was really hard on the knees if they were in contact with ice and snow for long periods - kinda kneeling, standing up. More than once froze our knees a bit. Knees pads woulda solved this.
And they're great for pruning/ gardening for things like cutting back hedges etc. or maybe even low cuts on stumps when you're down in the dirt.
My two cents anyway.
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- Retired in Minneapolis
Padding knees is important.
Years ago the bursa in my left knee was inflamed and would fill with fluids. My knee looked like a kitten ball. It ached but didn;t hurt FOr about three months I worked with an orthopedic surgeon to try and get my knee calmed down. Finally I decided to have the bursa removed. In hindsight I wish I would of had patience and continued therapeutic solutions.
The surgery was done in the fall. The following winter I went through several knee pads to find one that did two things:
First..pad my knee while climbing. It is amazing how often I'd do a knee brace.
Second, warm knees means warm feet.
I'm in Minneapolis.Yeah,cold. I read an article about how Will Steger designed the clothing his team used for their trip to the North Pole in 86. They followed principles that the Inuit had followed for time unknown.
The blood vessels wer buried deep in the thigh muscles. mmmm..warrm.
Then the blood went trough the knees. Brrrrr...no insulation=heat loss.
The Inuit solution is to add insulation tothe knees. Kneed pads, thigh hich socks anddouble kneed warmers=warm feet.
Years ago the bursa in my left knee was inflamed and would fill with fluids. My knee looked like a kitten ball. It ached but didn;t hurt FOr about three months I worked with an orthopedic surgeon to try and get my knee calmed down. Finally I decided to have the bursa removed. In hindsight I wish I would of had patience and continued therapeutic solutions.
The surgery was done in the fall. The following winter I went through several knee pads to find one that did two things:
First..pad my knee while climbing. It is amazing how often I'd do a knee brace.
Second, warm knees means warm feet.
I'm in Minneapolis.Yeah,cold. I read an article about how Will Steger designed the clothing his team used for their trip to the North Pole in 86. They followed principles that the Inuit had followed for time unknown.
The blood vessels wer buried deep in the thigh muscles. mmmm..warrm.
Then the blood went trough the knees. Brrrrr...no insulation=heat loss.
The Inuit solution is to add insulation tothe knees. Kneed pads, thigh hich socks anddouble kneed warmers=warm feet.
bobs yeruncle
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- Golden Horseshoe
The one time I did briefly climb a tree for work was in 2019, I was installing a gopro in an elevated position to get a several-month-long time-lapse shot of a garden due to be renovated. Ended up in a mostly static position bracing against the tree with one knee and one foot for an hour, I didn't regret keeping my kneepads on.
