Extraordinary! Nobody warned me a single garment could settle the entire question of what to wear on a court, and yet here we are — the Head Performance Women's Tennis Dress, one piece, on in a moment, done. No coordinating, no matching, no second decision. I ask you: how has this not been the standard equipment of every expedition ever mounted?
What it is, precisely, is a performance tennis dress in a moisture-wicking fabric, which is the feature that carries the day. Out in real heat, sweat sitting on the skin is dead weight and a cooling system that has stopped working; a wicking knit lifts it away to the surface where the air can take it, and the difference over two hours in the sun is not subtle.
Beyond that, I shall not embroider the report — I have seen too many expeditions ruined by men claiming instruments they did not have. It is a dress, it is made for playing tennis in, it is cut for movement, and it does exactly what it says on the label.
That is a rarer discovery than you would think.
And now — Jodhpur! I have pushed on to the fort and I tell you the walls rise straight out of the living rock, as though the cliff simply decided to keep going.
Below it stands Jaswant Thada in white marble, and beneath that the blue lanes of the old city under the clock tower, and cut down into the sandstone in the middle of town is Toorji Ka Jhalra, a stepwell — an entire staircase descending into the ground to meet the water. Nobody warned me about that either.
"One piece, on in a moment, and the entire question is settled."
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