Oh! And also!

[anastasiav]

Ivan's brother Jeff (or, I guess, Geoffrey) is coming to his first Pennsic this year and staying for five days. He got involved in the SCA mostly because of fencing and currently has exactly one set of garb. We're also hoping that perhaps he'll be able to meet a nice, annonomous, not-crazy girl at Pennsic.

We'll be providing his tent, and his food, but we tried yesterday to make him a list of other stuff he might need for a five day stay at Pennsic.

What are your standard suggestions for very-new people for their first Pennsic? What wisdom of yours (packing list related or general) can we share with him?

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[evilnicola.livejournal.com]

Some sort of bed off the ground. Less heat loss that way.

More blankets than he thinks he'll need. Again, less heat loss.

Extra tips for his blades, extra tip tape, steel wool for cleaning rusty blades.

Drink Pennsic chocolate milk.

Take at least one ride on each hay wagon and the bus. They are great ways to see most of Pennsic without much walking

Take at least one class on a topic you know nothing about.