[pct-l] Long Pants

[Jackie McDonnell]

Personally, I think hiker chicks with hairy legs look TOUGH.  I tried it
once.  In fact, I made it from Kennedy Meadows to Etna without shaving.  I
looked tough, but I just couldn't stand the way my hairy legs felt.  It
seemed hotter, and I definitely was dirtier than with shaved legs.  A
disposable razor weighs next-to-nothing.  I just carry one with me and
shave when I get to a motel/hostel.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:38 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> Some of the female hikers I’ve known over the years admit to wearing long
> pants because they can’t seem to accept being seen in public – if that’s
> what hiker-trash is called – with hairy legs.  I’ll admit being up way past
> my bedtime making recommendations about what the distaff hikers should do,
> but leg and pit fuzz are  facts of life on the trail, to one degree or
> another, so I’d say just go with it.
>
> Quit shaving now and by the time the Kick-Off rolls around you’ll be past
> the stubble-stage and be will on the way to feeling comfortable, both
> physically and socially.  Then you'll be able to decide long pants vs.
> short pants based upon technical merit rather by social pressure.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
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