Haiku's Hike

[bear]

Andrew Breecher is hiking the Appalachian Trail in his 4 yard Cladish Classic Cut Bear Kilt. Check out the link from my home page to read Andrew's daily adventures while hiking the Appalachian Trail.
http://www.bearkilts.com

[Kiltedmusiclover]

Bear,

Every new photo I see of your kilts impresses me more and more.
They just keep getting better. I will be
getting in touch with you soon to order one.

[bear]

Bear,

Every new photo I see of your kilts impresses me more and more.
They just keep getting better. I will be
getting in touch with you soon to order one.

I don't think Bear Kilts are getting better in any way you can see in internet pics.
I think your kilt jones is kicking in big time!

[Kiltedmusiclover]

I don't know if anyone else is keep up with
Haiku's Hike but I thought I would post a quote from him.

" Earlier, the Trail passed over a long exposed ridge, with an immense amount of stonework to make up the path as it climbed up and down over outcropping boulders. Just after the ridge I heard a shout, "Are you wearing a kilt?" Two girls on vacation, Steph and J.R., were camped on the side of the Trail. We chatted for a bit, and then as I headed off up the Trail they shouted after me, asking for a picture. I agreed, in exchange for one in return. Ah, the beauty of a kilt!"

I could not agree with him more!

http://www.breecher.com/

[highlandtide]

Awsome! I also appreciate you posting some quotes Nelson. I know the site is there but I tend to forget about it. Please, anyone, feel free to repost any of the quotes of his adventures on this website so we can all stay on the journey with him!



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[bear]

Awsome! I also appreciate you posting some quotes Nelson. I know the site is there but I tend to forget about it. Please, anyone, feel free to repost any of the quotes of his adventures on this website so we can all stay on the journey with him!...

You have to see the pics he's taken! Some of them inspire awe. A kilted man standing on a ridge. Behind him a snowy panorama above a grassy valley.
Look at the pics and see for yourself. I can't do them justice.
He's linked off my home page.

[Kiltedmusiclover]

I posted some questions reguarding his kilt and hiking for Andrews(Haiku) on
his guest book.
I will post his email here and on the hiking in a
kilt thread.

" The kilt is holding up, though there's a little wear beneath my belt
pouch where it rubs (460 miles of hiking will do that, I suppose). The pleats are
holding up better than I'd have thought, with only a little problem on the
leftmost pleat where the apron attaches to the pleats (Bear sews the apron
directly to the first pleat, which may be how he does four-yard kilts;
on my
traditionally eight-yard wool kilt there's a very deep pleat there from the
apron before the regular pleats begin). As for chaffing, the first problem I
encountered was yesterday, where driving ice and blowing wind caused a little
rubbing rash on the outside of my left leg just at the hem of the kilt.
After a few miles (this was my 33-mile day) I had to keep hitching up the waistband
of the kilt to keep it from rubbing. That's the first time I've had any
problems with rubbing, and only because of the extreme weather. I've had a
little problem when it gets very hot, and I'm "hanging low" and sweating, with
chaffing on my inner thighs. I'm going to try Body Glide, an oil-free lube, to
see if that helps on hot days. Otherwise I'm very happy with the kilt - it's
warm even when wet, the breezes are beautiful, and the girls like
hiking behind
me. =)

Andrew/Haiku"

I forgot to ask him what type of material his kilt
is made of.
Bear can you shed some light??

[Andrew Breecher]

Oh wow, a thread about me! I don't get much Internet time, so this is the first I've seen it.

So far I've hiked 1,243 miles, and am going to leave Pennsylvania into New Jersey tomorrow. The kilt is holding up just great! It's Bear's usual poly/viscose, in a four-yard traditional cut, Cladish tartan.

If anyone's keeping up with my journal, you'll have seen that the kilt got me a great insider tour of the U.S. Capitol Building. It always gets great comments and questions from everyone I meet - I have not had a single bad reaction to it, even in the deep South. Most people are simply curious, even if they mistakenly call it a skirt (which I'm always quick to correct).

As for wear, I haven't had many more problems than the quote Kiltedmusiclover already posted. Every time I think the pleats are giving out, the kilt gets wet and dries, they pleats are back. I've only ironed it once, in a hotel, but most nights I'm camping out and don't wear it to bed. I've swum in it a few times (since I don't have anything else to wear) - but be careful when jumping off a rope swing in front of impressionable youth! We have a funny video of me doing that....

Many guys hiking the AT are wearing Sport Kilts, or the Mountain Hardwear kilt (which is really more of a skirt). I'm playing with the idea of getting one of those to wear to bed, or to swim in or wear while doing laundry...at the moment when I do laundry I wrap my raincoat around my waist, which makes the little old ladies in the local laundromat look at me funny. =) The Sport Kilt vendor sold out at Trail Days, which is a huge thru-hiker festival. We had a kilted contingent in the hiker parade through town.

I do have to say that when it's 80-90 degrees out and humid, the kilt is hot. Even the 4 yard poly/viscose kilt. Hot. I've needed Body Glide, the anti-chafe stick, to avoid inner thigh chafing like I mentioned in the quote above.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to email me (andrew@breecher.com or haiku@breecher.com) or sign my guest book on my journal site. You can post questions here, but I can't guarantee I'll see them.

Happy kilting!

Andrew/Haiku.

[Kiltedmusiclover]

Andrew,

Great to have you as member of our site.
Good luck on you on the rest of your journey.
It has been an inspiration to read about it.

Andrew truly knows about kilting. We
have to take in account that when he states it is
hot when in the 80's to 90's he is hiking
between 20 to 25 miles in a day. Whew!

[Graham]

That really is inspiring Andrew, I've seen the piccies, but it's time for another look.