[pct-l] Skirts/Man Skirts/Kilts

[Rick Ostheimer]

I say, "Go for it!"

I wore a kilt for more than half thhe AT and all of the PCT.  I was 
surprised to meet only two other hikers wearing kilts on the PCT last 
year.  Both were also AT veterans.  Never had any problem with 
mosquitoes on my legs---must be the swishing of the pleats, though a 
couple of ants did climb my legs and bite me in sensitive locations 
while sitting having a snack!

Sunburn was not a problem for me since I have a lot of natural shade on 
my legs, but II did use sunblock on the back of my legs and top of my 
knees until a good tan developed----or was that a dirt coating. 

My kilt was the Pacific Blue hiking kilt from Sportkilt.com and it was 
indeed a beautiful bright blue color---until the California sun bleached 
it to something else.  When I sent a pic to Sportkilt, they replaced it, 
and my kilt is now again a nice bright blue.

---Handlebar
AT06, PCT08