Summer rugged outdoor wear: awesome or blasphemous?

[opositive]

looks aside, wouldn't boots + hiking sox + hose tops + leggings turn your legs into sweat factories in our blistering southern summer months? that is my only concern about the hose tops.

[Tobus]

looks aside, wouldn't boots + hiking sox + hose tops + leggings turn your legs into sweat factories in our blistering southern summer months? that is my only concern about the hose tops.

I must be abnormal. My skinny legs just don't get hot. My feet do get hot and sweaty, but that can't be helped, whether I'm wearing trousers or a kilt. I have breathable hiking boots, but only wear them if I'm going to be doing many miles of pure hiking.

But as for my legs, I just don't ever feel like they're too hot. I see people complain all the time about how wool hose are too hot for summer, but it really doesn't bother me. Even with canvas leggings over them, it really doesn't make me feel like I've got too much on. I've worn wool hose and canvas leggings on 12+ mile day hikes, in 105-degree temperatures, and while I may be miserable in other ways, my legs being too hot is not a problem.

[creagdhubh]

I must be abnormal. My skinny legs just don't get hot. My feet do get hot and sweaty, but that can't be helped, whether I'm wearing trousers or a kilt.

I'm the same way, Tobus!