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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garmorn" data-source="post: 362481" data-attributes="member: 430">From my experences both in the Infantry and wearing chain and gambasons in all day LARPS; once you get use to armor it does not bother you.  It slows you down and makes you tired by the days end.  The army currently requires a march of 20 miles in full combat gear to pass basic so it is very possible to wear heavy armor am walk 25 to 30 miles a day.  Now this will be less true for the unskilled/experenced adventures but still possible.As for heat.  I have worn and done LARPing in the Hot Texas sun (around 100+ F) and found it to be cooler wearing armor then not. The gambason assorb the sweat and cool you some what like an evaportative cooler.  It works better under armor then with out.  The short coming is that you need LOTS of water.  Around five gallons per day.</blockquote>