Kilted in the woods

**majdan** · 15th August 07, 09:41 PM

Last weekend I took my youngest son to Cub Scouts camp over the weekend. I asked my son if I should go kilted and he said most deffinatly. He is most truely the proper little Scot. I spent some time the week prior making yet another flannel kilt (better to make mistakes with and to get covered with fir pitch) which I dubed "Son of Clan Mac Bedsheet" and headed off to Camp Baker. First of all, a kilt is just a great garment to wear in the woods I loved it. The response from the other campers was rather positive. Everyone with a Scottish connection came and told me all about it. I meet a Gunn, a Mac Phee, and 2 Thomsons as well as two of the staff who are Highland games throwers who were kind of pissed that they were miss the games in Winston that weekend. The best question was from one of the staffers who asked, "We were wondering, are you wearing a kilt because you're Scottish or just becuase you want to and can?" My answer was, "Both"

**Riverkilt** · 15th August 07, 10:53 PM

The woods be a great place to be kilted....

Ron

**Robert Lamb** · 16th August 07, 06:44 AM

I love being out in the forest in a kilt.
Did you kick that tree over just for this photo op?
Robert "the kilted" Lamb

**Arlen** · 16th August 07, 08:06 AM

Ahh, Kilting in the woods.
The best way to do it.

**Riverkilt** · 16th August 07, 08:51 AM

No Robert,

I didn't kick over that tree...but once in 1990 at a men's gathering I was doing some anger release work and did pull a smaller dead tree out of the ground and beat it to kindling against a large rock...adrenaline surge I suppose.

Ron

And hey, Lets have more kilting in the woods pics. They are so cool!

**way2fractious** · 16th August 07, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Lets have more kilting in the woods pics. They are so cool!

O.K., but how about a video, instead?

Backpacking in the Grand Tetons for three days. Camped below Hurricane Pass from the Idaho side, with day hiking to the pass and exploring the ridges. Wore my USMC MARPAT kilt during the days - and added polypro long johns for evenings and mornings in camp.

Preliminary discussions underway with another XMarker for hiking the John Muir Trail in California's Sierra Nevada sometime in the next few years. (Let's see what publicly stated goals can produce.

)

And my two-week long ride is coming up in a few weeks.

Most of my nights are spent camping along the way in national, regional, state, and city parks. One kilt will travel with me for off-bike time. (Note: the pic above is posed. I've only cycled kilted once - one afternoon in Victoria, B.C.)

Another kilt will be used in air travel to my beginning point and sent ahead to my destination point, where I'm sure a "fresh" kilt would be appreciated by my host.

Yup, nothing like being kilted in the outdoors...

w2f

**demobud** · 16th August 07, 11:06 AM

That vid clip was reminiscant of Les Stroud "The Survivorman".

That looks llike nice country.

**canawler** · 17th August 07, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

And hey, Lets have more kilting in the woods pics. They are so cool!

Kilts in the woods pictures, no problem:

**JamesA** · 17th August 07, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by canawler

Kilts in the woods pictures, no problem:

OK. I have to know. Where were those pictures taken? That place looks beautiful!

James

**canawler** · 17th August 07, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by JamesA

OK. I have to know. Where were those pictures taken? That place looks beautiful!
James

Those pics were taken in the Hocking Hills region of south eastern Ohio. Here is the link to the original thread I started.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...=hocking+hills