Re: RE: [at-l] Before You Leave for the RUCK

["Leslie W. Booher" <lwbooher@evansville.net>]

Underneath you may be more comfortable hiking in a skirt or kilt, but
doesn't all that fabric get caught on the bushes and branches?  It sounds
like a mess to me.  Leslie

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Ferguson wrote...
>There was a southbounder that went through Harpers Creek shelter Labor Day
>of 1998 wearing a tartan plaid fake kilt made of coolmax material.  Said it
>worked well.  I've spent many long days at piping  competions wearing a
>"full 9 yards" wool kilt, but always with hiking shorts underneath (now you
>know....).
>
>Skippie  
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>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: [at-l] Before You Leave for the RUCK
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>Re: Skirts as practical hiker-wear:
>I seem to remember hearing about a male person from Scotland who hiked a
>goodly portion of the AT in a kilt. This was quite a few years ago, so
>it may predate the memories of all of you youngsters, but are there any
>older hikers out there who met him or heard of him? 
>
>Al
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