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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
I've found cowboy boots to be very slippery on snow or ice. This person's credibility is sinking fast...
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
If they put hiking boot soles on them they could be OK. I suppose you could add "spikes" yourself for winter. Like these: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shoe+spikes+winter&iax=images&ia=images
You must not have enough points in style or cool.
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.
The reverse of this is camels: they fitst evolved their adaptions to survive the cold, not the desert.
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.
What makes it dumb is that the clothing described wouldn't have been what kept them warm and unfazed, that would be the layers underneath the made up cowboy's attire.
What makes it silly is that cowboys exist across the very snowy north and have since cowboys have existed anywhere.
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 ~~duster~~ poncho and a cowboy hat. Lmao