Hose Questons

[wildrover]

Look at how socks and sandals are usually worn together. Do you really want a piece of that?

I wear a pair of gray hiking socks that aren't too tall. I just don't like the look of pulled up kilt hose with anything other than dress shoes.

They certainly keep the briars off your shins. The downside is pulling all the weeds off your socks later. I heartily recommend gaiters.

By the way, don't feel obligated to wear flashes.

...Unless of course the "flashes" are the ends of the garter ties which are holding up your socks.

with sandals I think they would be over the top.

I agree. Socks and sandals already looks to me like wearing one's underwear over the pants. Bluntly, socks pulled up with flashes, in sandals, will look like you got half-dressed and threw on some footwear to go get the mail, and forgot to change your shoes.

I'll have to agree with no white socks...I never wear white socks kilted or not..so that's just me.

And then there's me ...but certainly avoid stark white. They draw too much attention to themselves, and if you get them dirty, not only will they never come clean, they won't hide stains by virtue of their color, and if you're hashing in that kilt, any white socks you wear will only be white once!

you don't want to muddy up good kilt hose.

Define "muddy" and "good kilt hose" . Note, image server being flakey...if you click through and it doesn't display, click the "save image" button up top and view it off your HD...sorry...



Yes, they came clean. I wore the same kit (ok, different shirt) for solo comp the following weekend.

Let's face it...if you're hiking like most people are hiking, then you don't need gaiters, you don't need wool, you don't need a lot of stuff at the local outfitter. Frankly, most hiking trails are level, pebble-covered paths that one could negotiate wearing flip flops and a clown suit. If that's the sort of hiking trail you're on, then we're really just talking fashion, and I'd suggest either sandals and nothing else if that's your thing, or the same mid-length, scrunched, padded socks with a pair of comfortable trail shoes or boots many people wear hiking any given day of the week, and make the socks tan, charcoal, or green.

Basically, the same stuff you'd wear hiking if you were wearing shorts or pants.

If you are going to go slogging up creeks, through brush and weeds and thorns, then I would heartily recommend a pair of chunky, "natural" colored, 100% wool, long, "traditional" kilt socks with wool garter ties, a pair of short neoprene gaiters to keep the rocks out of your shoes, and a pair of heavy-duty, long canvas gaiters to strap on when you're looking at crossing a field full of things with thorns, hooks, and jagged edges. The socks make great padding, and the gaiters will save you a lot of time pulling seed pods out of your socks...not a bad thing to do, when your buddies are griping about how thrashed their shins are.

Tan. Or charcoal. Or green. Probably Lewis, from the Tartan Museum.

Enjoy,
Sean

[Tartan Hiker]

Sorry for the double post, but @Tartan Hiker I noticed that you live in Asheville. I live in Waynesville, about 20 minutes from Asheville!

Yep, that makes two avid hikers in the immediate vicinity. Obviously its time to put together another kilted-hike-and-pub-crawl weekend.

[Andy Proffitt]

Socks or hose with sandals is a grievous sin, with a kilt, with shorts, with pants, with any outfit combination. It is more horrible than the much dreaded white hose. RESIST THE DARK SIDE! Try hose and OBOZ or Keen low hikers if you want an adventurous look.