Kilts and cold weather

**Pour1Malt** · 5th December 06, 09:36 AM

a flask o' malt will defeat oiny frosty baws...

**McClef** · 5th December 06, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

a flask o' malt will defeat oiny frosty baws...

Wull it no mak em sting a wee bittie?

**Pour1Malt** · 5th December 06, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

Wull it no mak em sting a wee bittie?

aye

that's how Hei'lan dancin got started!!!

**Macman** · 5th December 06, 10:47 AM

You guys are making my day!

**Kilted KT** · 5th December 06, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

aye

that's how Hei'lan dancin got started!!!

I almost wrecked my monitor there!!

I've been wearing my SWK heavyweight over the past week or so, with the storm that crossed the midwest US. it dipped to 8 degrees F, and the kilt was fine as long as I didn't stand still too long, and I had enough upper coverage. I do suggest insulated boots, or serious wool kilt socks for really cold weather, though. Frozen feet make any experience almost unbearable.

**McClef** · 5th December 06, 12:25 PM

Guid answer Robertson!

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 5th December 06, 09:51 AM

Parts of this thread have made me cringe!! And then P1M makes me laugh out loud.

**jiminak** · 5th December 06, 12:45 PM

I remember when I was a young’n getting an earful from my mum for coming home one winters day with bloody legs. Somehow I’d got wet, and ice had formed on the hem of my kilt and gashed me. I hadn’t noticed.

Jim

**Retro Red** · 5th December 06, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by flyingscotsman

Loving to wear my kilt and wearing it regimental to boot I am wondering how one goes about protecting the boys from frostbite!

Any good ideas?

Hey, flyingscotsman, welcome back! You've been MIA for quite some time.

For those days on top of the San Francisco Peaks in January, long johns under the kilt should do the trick, like this fellow illustrates.

Any other time, though, as several guys have already mentioned, there's enough material in all but the flimsiest kilts to create a cone of warmth (especially with a wool kilt). The one exception to that would be a very windy, kilt-lifter kind of day that could "ventilate" your kilt. As a general rule, though, as long as you keep your head, feet/hands, & torso warm, your legs & "boys" will be perfectly comfortable in surprisingly chilly weather. And as a fellow Zonie, I can vouch for the fact that unless you're planning on skiing at Sunrise or the Snow Bowl on a really cold day, you'll be fine AZ can be in a kilt here.
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