Hiking in kilts

[Southern Breeze]

Southern Breeze, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in a four-yard Bear Kilt last year. The kilt provided warmth for southern snowstorms, and airflow for the northern humid summer. The same kilt is still in such good condition after 2,174 miles that I intend to wear it on both my upcoming Pacific Crest Trail hike and, providing my knees are still intact, the Pacific Crest Trail after that. I have no doubts the kilt will survive the 8,000 miles of hiking.

Graham's links will give pointers on the usefulness of various fabrics in weather, and so on.

Andrew.

Congratulations from a fellow 2,000 miler! I did the AT in sections,1988-1994.Work kept me from thru-hiking.I was wondering,what material is your kilt made from?

[Andrew Breecher]

Congratulations from a fellow 2,000 miler! I did the AT in sections,1988-1994.Work kept me from thru-hiking.I was wondering,what material is your kilt made from?

Congratulations to you as well. Section hiking is, I think, harder physically than thru-hiking: you have to keep starting over after not-hiking. My kilt is made of poly/viscose, as are all of Bear's basic kilts.

Andrew.

[Riverkilt]

Hey Breeze,

I hike the canyonlands of Northern Arizona where the two main things are heat and sand.

Been hiking in all my kilts except the hand sewn tanks from Kathy's Kilts.

Even hike in (gasp) SportKilts...almost like being nekie. Lots of hiking in UK survival and workman's. Also hike in Freedom Kilts and Pittsburgh Kilts a lot. Sometimes in AmeriKilts.

Other than the "stuff" storage system the most important part of hiking kilted isn't the kilt, its the BodyGlide!

Ron

[Jewddha]

Hate to breach in, but is bodyglide the type of product your average hiking store might stock in? (internet ordering is problematic)

[Doc Hudson]

Hate to breach in, but is bodyglide the type of product your average hiking store might stock in? (internet ordering is problematic)

Go to http://www.sternoff.com/ and click on the "Where to buy" link. It will guide you to the BodyGlide stocking dealers nearest you.

[Freelander Sporrano]

Go to http://www.sternoff.com/ and click on the "Where to buy" link. It will guide you to the BodyGlide stocking dealers nearest you.

Bear stocks it too now. http://www.bearkilts.com/Accessories.html
I got some after a sore days hike in the hills around my home . This stuff is good
;)

[jfellrath]

Check cycling stores as well - BodyGlide's pretty popular in that sport, too.

[Riverkilt]

I'm headed to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon tomorrow - about 8,000 feet and generally forested area - for some hiking. Weather should be sunny about 60 degrees F at the most.

I've never hiked in a tank, but I'm so dang proud of my new Kathy's Kilt I'm thinking of going hiking wearing it - 16oz Strome. I know it'd do the job for keeping me warm.

My question is, am I being stupid to wear such a fancy kilt hiking in the woods?

My mind races between thoughts that its what my ancestors did and what if I got dirt or pitch on the kilt?

And yes, I think I just wanna show off my new Macdonald of Kingsburgh tartan....I feel like such a gutter kilt addict....

Anyone else wear their hand sewn kilts hiking?

Lord knows I have plenty of knock around contemporary kilts to wear instead.

Ron

[Southern Breeze]

Go to http://www.sternoff.com/ and click on the "Where to buy" link. It will guide you to the BodyGlide stocking dealers nearest you.

Thanks for the link. I checked it out this morning and found a dealer only two miles from where we were working.I stopped by at lunch and got some.Great stuff,Iwish I'd found it sooner.
The same thanks goes to everyone who's replied so far.As I already knew,everyone has their favorite type of kilt.Hearing what they are narrows the field down for when it comes to my next kilts.The other two threads on wearing kilts in the rain and in the cold have filled that area in for me.It looks like I'll be using lightweight PV in the summer,heavyweight PV or lightweight wool in the fall and heavyweight wool in the winter.I'm still wide open when it comes to dealers/makers.No decisions yet.Now I've got a good reason to listen to that voice in my head thats whispering "More kilts. Must get more kilts!"

[James]

A decent kilt will stand up to all the rough wear you can give it, so I'd not worry about messing it up.

James