Hiking in 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

[Yaish]

Most definately. Bodyglide is most commonly found at outdoor type stores, as its also very popular with runners and bikers. I think REI is the most likely place to always have it, though several people have found it at their local pharmacies.

[Doc Hudson]

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!"

When it comes to picking a kilt, let me give this bit of information.

I wore my Pittsburgh Kilt in a hurricane and the aprons stayed down. Of course there was a wallet and an S&W M-640 in the underapron pocket. Winds were steady in the 30-40 mph range with gusts up to 50-60.

I've also worn the same kilt in temperatures around 110 with 95% humifdity without being overheated.

The fabric is a heavy cotton twill. So I will say that unless you are long hiking where every quarter ounce counts, the rage for lightweight kilts, like the fashion for flyweight guns is vastly over-rated. Any good quality kilt, even in heavy fabric will be cooler and more comfortable than trousers.

[James]

I might have mentioned this in another post!

But some years ago I was backpacking in Norway in the Hardangervida area, and it rained constantly and heavily. Whilst my chum wearing breeches suffered severe chaffing thanks to the constantly wet material of his breeches-I remained comfortable throughout. For the heavy wool kilt shed most of the water, and stayed warm.

Also weraring a kilt in bad weather does away with the need for condensation/sweat inducing overtrousers.

The kilt by the way came to absolutely no harm at all: and it was a traditional heavy wool one.

James