[pct-l] Long Pants

[Jackie McDonnell]

Brick - Your comment is exactly what I would expect from an old man who
sees nothing wrong with contorting an actual discussion into something
inappropriate.  I always hope you won't stoop so low, and I'm always
disappointed when you do.

Yogi

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:

> This sounds like a Reinhold Thread......
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> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> >>
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
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