Soon it will be too deep (about a growing fetish)

[Nessie]

To my knowledge, no one except Nessie has ever produced anything involving chest waders, but I live in hope that there will be more. On that note - thank you, Nessie!

You're welcome!

Based on the sales stats, I'm sorry to say that wader-videos did not prove to be lucrative.

I would suggest that if there are wader-fans here who want videos, they should either sponsor a scene with a specific producer, or show up en masse here to clamor for what they want (prove there's an audience). I'm almost certainly "retired" at this point so it's not going to be me any more, but there are other producers. If it's worth it to them, someone else may step up to the plate and produce something.

I can honestly say that being stuck doesn't work for me. I need downward movement (sinking) to enjoy anything at all. I do like it fairly thick but lose interest if it is not "sinky".

The reason you have seen me in waders is that I'm just really, really stubborn. It is true that the limitation on depth is a bit frustrating, but dagnabbit, just because it could snow any day isn't a reason to miss out on a good sinking.

It took awhile to work out the exact wardrobe for cold-weather mudding (including appropriate footwear) but now that I have, it all works awesomely well.

Nessie

[Jon Smith]

I don't post often, but as one of the few around here who also enjoys waders, I thought this would be a good time to pipe up.

Like Bart, wearing protective rain gear is part of the experience for me. If it means I get more stuck into whatever I'm sinking in, that is a good thing - the sensation of being completely stuck and struggling to get back out is probably a bigger part of my fetish than the sinking itself, as is the protective gear.

The same holds for looking at pictures or watching videos - adding a pair of rubber boots or even waders makes everything instantly better. To my knowledge, no one except Nessie has ever produced anything involving chest waders, but I live in hope that there will be more. On that note - thank you, Nessie!

I think I went through a similar progression to what Bart described - years ago, going on a muddy walk in my wellies was pretty exciting, but as time went on, I needed the mud to be deeper, stickier, more treacherous in order for it to have the same effect. Paired with the rubber boot and rain gear fetish, it was only a matter of time before I started exploring potential sinking locations first with regular, and later with chest waders. I've yet to find a spot that allows me to sink past the top of those, but with the recent purchase of a second hand full rubber drysuit, I feel well-prepared for the day that I do. I hope it will work out better than in Mirador's recent story ("The last great adventure").

I am always looking out for promising sinking spots (read: remote, deep, boggy quagmires no normal person would ever go near), drawing inspiration from maps, blogs, photos and news stories of people getting stuck and sinking, hoping to find somewhere to sink very deep and get extremely stuck. I do wonder whether it will get me into trouble one day - reading descriptions of places making claims that "in bad weather, you could easily die out here" just makes me want to visit on a dark, rainy night to sink there undisturbed.

I don't know what will happen after that, but I reckon it will probably be worth another post here.

This is exactly how it is for me too. Rainwear is an important part of the experience, without it, there isn't the enjoyment of the mud. I also enjoy being stuck. The more stuck I am, the better. I, as well, wonder what might happen if I was completely stuck (I have been stuck many times before, most of them were great).

[The Highwayman]

Hello all.

I know this is an old post but I thought I'd post a reply anyway.

Personally for me I always wear boots. Riding boots actually with jodhpurs and a cross country riding top or shirt as I used to ride and my first days of being stuck in mud was in riding gear many years ago so it stayed like that. I think the boots are great because I agree with marcl in that it's not just about sinking, it's about getting stuck and having to desperately try to struggle free. I like a good slow sink, becoming trapped not much above ankle and slowly sinking deeper and deeper. I love the feeling of thick peat or mud taking hold as I sink above my knees.

I have mentioned in previous posts that I do love the idea of a horsewoman trapped in a mire on a misty marshy moor wearing beige jodhpurs and riding boots unable to struggle free.

If I can I go at night at full moon preferably if it's foggy too but having both is so rare.

All the best.

The Highwayman.