Tom Burke is no Larry. I've tried to embrace his column, with varying degrees of success. After his 9/4/17 opinion, he has nothing to say to me. He felt it necessary to disparage Filson clothing as an accoutremont of diletants and the idle rich; people who wish to be seen as woods/trail/sea/wilderness savy, but who are in fact not. He couldn't be more mis-informed. People who buy Filson clothing are folks who know that their lives may depend on how well they are dressed. Not Gucci well, but survival, comfort, durability well. I know many men who swear by Filson, myself included. I wore a pair of Filson coveralls while working as a rigger for cranes for twenty years. The same pair. No other brand could even come close.  Maybe Tom needs some real world experience. Please correct my spelling. I apologize that I'm not an artsy-fartsy newspaper opinionist, or whatever Mr. Burkes' title is.