Hitherto all expeditions had been bedevilled by a very British question of propriety. Which clothes should one wear? One faction supported the adoption of regional fashion. Others said this was an insult to the flag and that one should wear the garb of civilized men.
-Off the Map, Fergus Fleming
You’ve all heard that expression of highest praise, He died with his boots on. Well, I intended to die, if that was what the Darb had in store, with my jeans on. But little did I know in the early days of the trail that my trousers were what would almost do me in. Dusty with trail dirt, grimy with camel sweat, smelly with my own odors, clammy and unbreathing, before midway I wished I’d ordered a full set of light weight cotton Kordofani riding clothes as Mustapha had…Sirwal, ‘Aragi, ‘Imma. Only his Keds gave him away as a Khawaja.