kilts in the outdoors

[Andrew Breecher]

It's true - as long as you're moving, you aren't going to get flying bugs under your kilt. And as long as you do a tick check whenever you stop you'll be fine - even people in shorts should check for ticks in the nether regions, because unless they're biker shorts the ticks can still crawl up beneath them.

Honestly, it seems that most people spend a lot of time worrying about hiking in a kilt. Once you get out there and do it, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. I don't hike in a kilt - I hike, and I happen to wear a kilt.

Andrew.

[Ruanaidh]

"Cutter Advanced" uses picaridin instead of deet with comparable results. The advantage of picaridin is that it is not greasy and dosen't have that unpleasant chemical odor. As a matter of fact it smells a bit like corn chips. It worked like a champ last summer keeping the bugs off me.

[mbhandy]

"Cutter Advanced" uses picaridin instead of deet with comparable results. The advantage of picaridin is that it is not greasy and dosen't have that unpleasant chemical odor. As a matter of fact it smells a bit like corn chips. It worked like a champ last summer keeping the bugs off me.

Read all the info. and it sounds like the way to go will try it next outting, end of month in Moab.

MrBill

[mudd]

Or should I dress like we saw some hikers, Teva's, Sunglasses and Backpack. MrBill

It has been shown that naturists hiking have a much less chance of picking up dear ticks in the woods. It seems that the ticks prefer some layer of clothing to latch on to and crawl under, in order to attach themselves. With that in mind, the kilt is a better choice than shorts.

Assuming that you feel the need to cover up, that is.

[UmAnOnion]

It has been shown that naturists hiking have a much less chance of picking up dear ticks in the woods. It seems that the ticks prefer some layer of clothing to latch on to and crawl under, in order to attach themselves. With that in mind, the kilt is a better choice than shorts.

Assuming that you feel the need to cover up, that is.

And just HOW do you know this Mr Mudd?????

[Riverkilt]

Hey Onion,

Some of us have field experience. This aging naturist never had a tick. And, thought you folks in New Jersey were home to the first ever such resort in the U.S.of A and continue to have free beaches around Sandy Hook...?

Hey, Mr. Bill

I'll be headed up to Orvis Hot Springs at Ridgeway, CO the end of the month but think will head up through Cortez rather than Moab...close, but no cigar...

Ron
Kilted, when I can't be tick bait.

[Yaish]

"Cutter Advanced" uses picaridin instead of deet with comparable results. The advantage of picaridin is that it is not greasy and dosen't have that unpleasant chemical odor. As a matter of fact it smells a bit like corn chips. It worked like a champ last summer keeping the bugs off me.

Great. You dodge the mosquito bullet only to be attacked by a bear with a case of the munchies.

[Randy]

My thoughts on hiking in a kilt. no problem with bugs/ticks anything going up the kilt. My bites relating to kilt wearing. As for the hiking, no problem, the pleats will let it out as you jump, run, step from place to place. My friends prefer that my lovely bride is behind me when climbing rocks and trees, my wife prefers other women are not behind when I am climbing. If you jump off higher places it fly up some and may float up when jumping into waterfalls and rivers.

[Yaish]

I hike quite a bit in my UK's too. The one downside I have found is that when rock scrambling, the 'backside slide' down to a lower boulder is not really an option anymore.

I dont get attacked by bugs anyway, so for me the kilt has been no different. I have gotten some lower leg scratches from thorny bushes but no more so than if I was in shorts, and maybe somewhat less than shorts since I never wore knee high socks then. Stepping over some objects in a kilt is a bit different than when wearing pants or shorts. If you tend to make your own trail and have to step over fallen logs/braches you might find your kilt getting lifted.
As Randy said, those directly behind (more like below) on a steep climb might get more than they bargained for. Then again, some might like it.

[646guy]

I have used jungle juice (Deet) inthe jungles of Hawaii and it is the only thing That stoped the bugs.
MrBill

I have to agree with MB here....Deet did the trick on the worst day of bugs we had in hiking in Italy. I was in my black UK Spartan at the time on that day of the hike and I didn't detect any staining, probably due to the fabric, so my experience in terms of how it will stain a kilt, I cna't tell you. However, in terms of getting away the bugs...for that day it truly did the trick.