Hi, after months of planning, my partner and I ( M + F, late 20's) had our first experience of mudding in rainwear. I promised in another post to return with how it went but I though everyone in the community might enjoy a reddit-style AMA (ask me anything)? I'll answer any questions but I'm not posting any photos. Sorry.
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09.10.2018 21:39
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10.10.2018 12:13
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This sounds like lot of fun Please let us know a bit about how its went |
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10.10.2018 15:36
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Interesting, I have no experience with mudding but am curious by nature. So for questions... can you tell a bit about how you planned it?
How you found your location, where to get dressed, how to get there, how to get back while being dirty, etc. So basically everything from your first idea of doing it till the moment you sink into the mud.
And immediately a second question, did the idea come from you or your partner? How was it brought up? how long did the idea need to stew before there was a "yes" on both sides? |
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10.10.2018 20:59
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Interesting, I have no experience with mudding but am curious by nature. So for questions... can you tell a bit about how you planned it?
How you found your location, where to get dressed, how to get there, how to get back while being dirty, etc. So basically everything from your first idea of doing it till the moment you sink into the mud.
And immediately a second question, did the idea come from you or your partner? How was it brought up? how long did the idea need to stew before there was a "yes" on both sides?
Oh wow, good questions!
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11.10.2018 10:20
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What a lovely story! We love going on muddy walks, too. Very, very sexy. Others always welcome to join us. Janet & Nick xxxxxx |
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12.10.2018 07:39
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Thanks for your answer, let me go again with more questions...
How long did the two of you actually spent in the mud? Like from the moment you are fully dressed till the moment you start cleaning up. And what did you do for activities. Is it mainly walking up and down in the mud and getting in deeper and deeper, or should i imagine a whole range of activities?
Oh, and one more. I suppose you had a plan/excuse ready in case someone would come by. What was it? how would you have explained yourself or would you just wave and smile? |
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12.10.2018 22:32
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Thanks for your answer, let me go again with more questions...
How long did the two of you actually spent in the mud? Like from the moment you are fully dressed till the moment you start cleaning up. And what did you do for activities. Is it mainly walking up and down in the mud and getting in deeper and deeper, or should i imagine a whole range of activities?
Oh, and one more. I suppose you had a plan/excuse ready in case someone would come by. What was it? how would you have explained yourself or would you just wave and smile?
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23.10.2018 10:48
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Lovely experience! |
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24.10.2018 10:57
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Is there going to be a round 2 and what would you do differently (lessons learnt) if that is in the planning? |
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26.10.2018 22:02
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Awesome , sounds like you both had fun. Thanks for sharing! |
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27.10.2018 23:43
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1. Yes, we did agree to do it again. But I'm not going to push it for now haha. 2. I think the main thing was getting the muddy / wet gear back to the car. I ended up carrying it all in black bin bags as none of it fit into our rucksacks anymore. Next time I think I will try to wash the gear off in a river or with water before FOLDING it back up to allow me to get it all back into the bags. I also didn't account for the weight of the wet wetsuits. I don't think we will ever have time for them to dry but bringing an empty gym bag in our rucksacks might be a good idea, you know - something we can get out afterwards to put everything in.
Another thing that was mentioned was that my partner said she enjoyed the mud but didn't like being wet and cold after a while. I decided to go with wetsuits under our waterproofs this time as I planned on getting 100% coverage on us both (as this might have been the only chance!) but ideally - for her at least - we could have had waders on. I have a pair of chest waders and a pair of hip waders that we've used indoors but I haven't brought up the idea of her wearing them for mudding. I have recently looked into getting a cheap drysuit for her that might solve the problem. Personally I'd love to get one of the Ocean or Pros wader suits but they're so expensive! So unless anyone is willing to donate one.... |
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27.10.2018 23:44
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One other thing... if anyone is interested I can post a complete list of what we wore? |
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30.10.2018 14:13
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A list would be exiting! :-)
A well fitting wetsuit is warm and nice even when wet. A par of chestwaders will keep her quite dry. To keep her totalally dry (exept from perspiration) buy her at used sailing drysuit with feet. |
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30.10.2018 21:52
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A list would be exiting! :-)
A well fitting wetsuit is warm and nice even when wet. A par of chestwaders will keep her quite dry. To keep her totalally dry (exept from perspiration) buy her at used sailing drysuit with feet.
Yes, I'm looking into drysuits now. Paired with waders, I think this will be her next outfit!
As for our kit list last time; Going outward, I wore:
She wore;
I did bring two pairs of large framed / waterproof safety goggles so we didn't get mud in our eyes but they got forgotten about.
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03.11.2018 11:45
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Sounds like you were well dressed for the wet mud! The advantage with the way you were dressed, if you're out for longer sessions is if you need to pee, just pee! If you are dressed in a drysuit it will be more difficult. |