Kilted backpacking

**Iain Robb** · 23rd April 09, 04:05 PM

Just got back from my second kilted backpacking trip. Or maybe it's my first, since I have no pictures of my trip in North Carolina. This one was closer to home, in Central Florida. More precisely, in the Richloam tract of the Withlacoochee State Forest. Thankfully, we haven't had much rain, and we had a lot of colder weather later this year, so bugs weren't an issue.

An in case you are wondering, I am indeed wearing a sporran. It's just a 30L backhangar sporran.

Other than one very cold night (at least for a hammock) and having to carry a lot of extra water to a dry campsite, it was great.

**ChattanCat** · 23rd April 09, 04:29 PM

Always great to get into the outdoors and explore. Great shot, so now we have proof that it happened.

**GMan** · 23rd April 09, 06:59 PM

Love it!

**English Bloke** · 23rd April 09, 08:10 PM

What a great picture!

**Yodhan** · 23rd April 09, 08:17 PM

I am planning on hiking the Appalachian Trial in a couple years with a dear friend of mine. We both swore we would hike as much of it as we could in a kilt. In the beginning, we will most likely not be in a kilt, mainly because it gets cold. But, as soon as we can, off with the rain pants and on with the kilts. He did it a couple years ago and wore a Utilikilt in the warm parts and loved it.

I am heading to Virginia this May to hike for a few days in Shenandoah and I will, of course, be wearing a kilt. I will post pictures if I can, but I don'tknow if there will be anyone to take them, as I am going alone for this trip.

**SteveB** · 23rd April 09, 08:40 PM

Does your camera have a timer?
Most digital cameras today have them as standard equipment, you may have to ask a small child how to work it....

**Yodhan** · 23rd April 09, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by SteveB

Does your camera have a timer?
Most digital cameras today have them as standard equipment, you may have to ask a small child how to work it....

It probably does, but it is a professional level Nikon and I sometimes worry about letting people use it who I am not too familiar with.

**cavscout** · 23rd April 09, 08:50 PM

No better way to hike than kilted. What Hammock are you using? I'm in a Skeeter Beeter Pro with a ring buckle suspension system. If you don't know about hammockforums.com give it a look.

**Iain Robb** · 24th April 09, 04:08 AM

Originally Posted by cavscout

No better way to hike than kilted. What Hammock are you using? I'm in a Skeeter Beeter Pro with a ring buckle suspension system. If you don't know about hammockforums.com give it a look.

I'm using the older Skeeter Beeter. Not the Pro.

I've got to upgrade my suspension system. I used 6mm utility cord to make a system I could use for my hammock and tarp, and it's not adjustable enough. What I've come up with for an adjustable suspension system is probably going to be too heavy. Guess I'll have to head over to hammockforums.com!

And by the way, I am metrically challenged. It's a 60L pack, not 30L.

**Iain Robb** · 24th April 09, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by SteveB

Does your camera have a timer?
Most digital cameras today have them as standard equipment, you may have to ask a small child how to work it....

That's how I took this. Camera mounted on my hiking stick, leaning on a tree, self-timer on. All my old manual Nikons have a self-timer; I'm willing to bet all the newer digital whizbang Nikons have better ones.