The term FAQ, or Frequently Asked Questions, is a bit of a misnomer, really, as questions thus-far have rarely been posited. Consider this section, then, more as Notes of Clarification.
(Of course, at some point, once the vagaries of setting up a secure electronic mail system and a SPAM-resistant commenting system have been sussed, we shall open up this section to actual Reader Inquiries.)
Q. IS THIS A STEAMPUNK SITE?
A: HELL NO. Let us repeat that: NO.
Q. IS STEAMPUNK STYLE ALLOWED?
A: Nope! No ray guns for sure. No useless gears. No Nerf guns. Goggles are acceptable. No imaginary accouterments please.
Q. IS THIS A LARPING SITE?
A: No.
Q. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR APPROACH AND LARPING? AND STEAMPUNK?
A: LARPing and Steampunk deal with the imaginary. To embrace either of those discounts and disrespects any accomplishment any explorer ever achieved. Explorers were and are real and deal with real world problems and dangers like (cite examples). That said, since there were real life expeditions to search for Mokèlé-mbèmbé in actual respected newspapers of the Nineteen Teens and Nineteen Twenties, you can go search for dinosaurs on expeditions. You probably won’t find any, but let us know if you do. We are primarily concerned with photographic expeditions.
Q. WHY DON’T YOU ALLOW CROCS OR BIRKENSTOCKS? THEY’RE COMFORTABLE.
No, they’re not comfortable. Despite over-hyped claims to the contrary, they are bad for your posture. They are dangerous when hiking. They smell bad. They look stupid. And this site is about 1880s style, not 1990s style.
Q. IS THE DOMINION GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AFFILIATED WITH THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM (SCA), THE SINGLE-ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY (SASS), OR THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION?
No, no, and, alas, no. We may pattern ourselves closely with the SASS, but with more of a hiking/photographic bent than a shooting one.