[pct-l] Hair and Bugs - The Science

[Keith Kurko]

And the latest scientific research and thinking as to why we still have that bit of hair on our arms, legs, etc. is that it acts as an alarm system!


See here in:

"The Not-so-Naked Ape"
Human body hair, once thought to be an evolutionary relic, has a real job to do...
http://www.economist.com/node/21541808


Keith in Seattle




-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of aslive at charter.net
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:09 AM
To: Brick Robbins
Cc: PCT listserve
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Long Pants

Yogi said that hairy legs made her legs feel hotter.  That is 
interesting to me because hairy legs help to keep my pants up off the 
skin of my legs and allow for air flow, resulting in a cooler feeling, 
not so sticky.  I guess it depends on how thick your leg hair is.  Being 
of Italian decent, perhaps mine is thicker.  Just something to think 
about.

Shepherd


On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Brick Robbins wrote:

> This sounds like a Reinhold Thread......
>
>
>
>
> 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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