Unkilted in Lanzarote

[Jimmy]

Well I'm from Phoenix, Arizona in the heart of the dry and hot. During the summer time here it will easily get between 115 and 120 degrees for a while. You don't really want to be outside for long no matter what, BUT if i am going to be outside, the ventilation that a kilt offers is much betters than that of pants.

Like you said though, I'm not wearing a 16oz heavyweight kilt either during the summer. We only really have two seasons here in the valley. Hot, and not so hot.

There are a lot of X Markers that either live here in Arizona, or used to that i'm sure will comment as well.

I can understand what you mean by the ventilation that the kilt gives you as shorts certainly does not offer this type of ventilation.
The kilt certainly would not contribute to a heat rash as shorts do

[RobertParker]

Living in Tennessee, I also had my share of kilt wearing in hot summers. I alluded to this in a post earlier, but to my estimation it's not just the weight of the fabric that matters, but how dark the colors are also. The bottom line is that dark colors soak up more heat. That's why people in desert climates wear a lot of tan and white. So I don't often wear my darkest kilt in that heat unless I know I'll be moving around (creating ventilation) or in the shade a lot.