Tom, welcome to the board and very cool on the scouting. I'm an assistant scout master and have been using a casual kilt for hiking. When my son and I showed up for a backpack trip in kilts last year, there were some snickers (from the mother, not the hikers, interestingly) and when he and I were fully comfortable in the downpour, I think there are some serious thoughts to other kilted hikers in the future. Of course with him in college now, he doesn't have much time to hike, but still ...