Quote Originally Posted by SlackerDrummer View Post
I can't stand hiking with anything in my pants pockets. Why would anyone want pockets on their kilt? That's what backpacks are for.
I don't like stuff in my pants pockets either. The pockets on a UK are different, though, as they're external pockets. So you don't feel the contents of the pocket inside the garment like you do with the front pocket on a pair of pants. And the UK pockets are also only really anchored to the kilt at the top, so they don't press tightly against you like the back pocket of a pair of pants. Last but not least, the best pockets on the UK are the ones on the sides, where they don't interfere with walking or sitting.

The only stuff I carry in my pockets while hiking are a handkerchief, map, clicker to unlock my truck, the rubber bottom that pulls off my hiking staff to reveal the 'combi-spike', Chap-stik, and maybe a small pocket knife. Everything else goes in a pack if I'm wearing one, or in my wife's saddle bags.