A collection of backpaking/hiking kilt blogs/site etc. and "rain kilts"

[Alan H]

Since there seems to be a solid contingent of kilted hikers and backpackers on XMTS, I thought you lads and lasses might enjoy reading through a few of these sites.

John Muir Trail, kilted - including a "what worked and what didn't work" section.

http://www.firstchurchofthemasochist...-isles-to.html

Note that he used a Sportkilt hiking kilt.

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A couple of guys on the John Muir trail yahoo forum referred to a Zpacks kilt, so I had to look it up. Hmmm.

http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/cloudkilt.shtml

Cuben Fiber is actually derived from the stuff that the digital readout on your wristwatch is made out of. It was used for ultra-high tech sails for the America's Cup, two challenges ago. It's ridiculously light, but that's not really a "kilt", IMHO.

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Another brief discussion of "rain kilts"... which IMHO is a skirt, not a kilt, but what the heck, we can discuss, right? The idea is certainly practical enough.

http://wanderingthewild.com/category/gear-2/

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Ultra-running kilt...hey, it's "almost" hiking.

http://trailandultrarunning.com/jwal...g-kilt-review/

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Finally, a topic for discussion, since I saw it mentioned here and there, but didn't come across anything really specific..

A tyvek kilt. This is usually referenced in terms of rain protection. Hmmmm.
Thoughts?