Hey, you're preaching to the choir here. [ He fusses a little with his tie as demonstration. ] I've never really been much of a banquet halls and dressing up in a tuxedo kinda guy. It's always felt a little ... pretentious, you know?

[ For one thing the jackets are a little too tight, and the ties are a little on the suffocating side too. Give him a henley and a pair of worn (but not worn out) trousers any day. Something he can easily move in, something more suited to ... climbing rockfaces and cliff edges versus climbing social ladders. ]

So, you're telling me the kind of events you hold are worse than this?