Well folks, I’m back from the Grand Canyon rafting experience mostly in one piece. Over the next several posts I’ll give you my impressions of how products from Shirts of Bamboo work in the wild and woolly world.

First — let’s start with the bandannas. I took two of the bandannas (Tahiti Blue and Bamboo Green) along on the trip. These turned out to be popular with not only me, but several others on the adventure. The uses?

  • Head covering for the sun (no sunburn for my bald head)
  • Around the neck for cooling
  • As a wrap to keep my camera from getting banged around in the waterproof ammo can.

Of these, for me, most of the use was for keeping cool in the sun — just dip it in the 52 degree Colorado River water — and it keeps you cool for hours. The rest of the crew was clamoring for these soft, absorbent bandannas — too bad I only brought two — I could have given out a dozen!

Keep an eye out for our printed bandannas starting this fall.