Hiking in Long Pants

[Paradox]

Warming and long pants are two words (OK, 3) that go together nicely, which is why I need a darn good reason to wear long pants.

Tim

I've been hiking in long pants, since you was in short pants!

Ba Doomp...Tisss!

 

[WinterWarlock]

I do wring out the bandanna about every 10-15 minutes in warm weather and every 20-30 in winter.

Tim

Get a Buff...works/looks like a bandanna, but wicks pretty darn well. Before the Buff I'd go thru 4-5 bandannas per hike.

 

[Paradox]

Ah yeah.. they also wear bikini briefs. If I get caught wearing capri pants someone is free to tie me to a tree during black fly season with my eyes taped open. ....Wait..do they come in butt hugger small and blue?

This is too good to pass up!! Man Thong

 

[hikes-with-him]

MY EYES!!!

Ok...so are you all calling me a wimp...just becuase I..sniff, sniff, don't want to be a tick buffet?

 

[slevasse]

I actually prefer the lightweight zip off pants more than shorts. If it's really hot I will zip off the legs, but the majority of the time I don't. I also have the pants treated with permanone and while I don't know if it is due to that or just not very tasty but I rarely get bitten except in the worst of conditions and I haven't had any ticks latched on from hiking (climbing is another story) yet thankfully.

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Get a Buff...works/looks like a bandanna, but wicks pretty darn well. Before the Buff I'd go thru 4-5 bandannas per hike.

Interesting. Are you recommending the headband version or the original or what? I have to admit the angler ones are pretty attractive! Ever wear one under a cycling helmet?

Tim

(sorry 'bout the thread drift)

 

[grouseking]

I *am* discrete about it. Sheesh. It's not like I lean over the observation deck rail and try and rain on the people underneath. I do wring out the bandanna about every 10-15 minutes in warm weather and every 20-30 in winter. Wicking, breathable fabrics my a$$. Quick-drying, OK, I can accept that. Not while I am wearing them, of course. Well, if there is a good stiff breeze, or on my bike, I do stay drier.

Tim

Man oh man, I know how you feel. After I sit on a rock, or maybe on a bench at a hut....I tend to leave big marks. Nothing works for me, including that wicking stuff, though I will use it over cotton because after one hour in the woods, my cotton shirt will weigh about 5 pounds.

 

[WinterWarlock]

Interesting. Are you recommending the headband version or the original or what? I have to admit the angler ones are pretty attractive! Ever wear one under a cycling helmet?

Tim

(sorry 'bout the thread drift)

The original (angler ones are cut like the original but with a slightly different fabric, so they work well too).

Haven't worn it under a cycling helmet, but have under a ski helmet, so I guess that's about the same.

 

[J.Dub]

In my travels I've noticed that a lot of European men wear capri pants, so you could always go halfway.

Yeah, and they also carry purses. (Doesn't make it right, though...)



I have a pair of MH climbing pants that, whenever I wear them, elicits eye-rolls and cracks about "man-pri's" from SWMBO and my daughter*.




*As a 12-year-old, she apparently thinks that everything I do is expressly designed to embarass her.

 

[Stash]

Yeah, and they also carry purses. (Doesn't make it right, though...)



I have a pair of MH climbing pants that, whenever I wear them, elicits eye-rolls and cracks about "man-pri's" from SWMBO and my daughter*.




*As a 12-year-old, she apparently thinks that everything I do is expressly designed to embarass her.

I can relate to that (14-y-o). I really get looks with I wear socks with my Tevas.

Sorry for the drift...

 

[J.Dub]

I really get looks with I wear socks with my Tevas.

As well you should!!


Everybody knows that the only sandals it's acceptable to wear socks with are Birkenstocks. (And they should be navy dress socks, ta boot, preferrably in combination with pair of shorts.... )

 

[averagejoe]

I own 8 pair of shorts and five of them are spandex, one is a bathing suit, one cutoff jeans for yard/trailwork and one for house lounging.

My favorites are my pair of REI Mistral soft-shell pants. Best all around bottoms I've worn. Climbing, Hiking, casual. I run warm and I wear lightweight cotton because it breathes better than synthetics, and in truly hot conditions it cools better than synthetics. I am amazed at how well those pants breathe, though they are not as wind/water resistant as some of my other softshells, they do dry fast.

I guess I have enough scars on my legs between the burns, scrapes, and other various wounds.

I'm not ashamed to admit I own five pair of man-prees, though I use them primarily ust curious, how many wear synthetic skivees?for climbing... ...and no I do not carry a "murse" or wear a banana hammock.

Just curious, how many here wear synthetic skivees?

Joe.

 

[Paradox]

Just curious, how many here wear synthetic skivees?

I wear them only when I can find them and they are clean. I really don't find any advantage over the cheap cotton Fruit o the Looms.

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Just curious, how many here wear synthetic skivees?

I wear them under the EMS nylon zip-off pants which are (as you have figured out by now) often zipped off (at the knees, people).

I also have a pair of EMS running-like shorts - these are very nicely vented - which have a bathing-suit like liner and I don't usually wear anything under them. And while on the subject, never wear anything under your bike shorts - you're defeating the beauty and comfort of a nice chamois (synthetic though they are.)

Cotton skivvies would be pretty ugly in any real situation requiring exertion.

Tim

 

[Paradox]

Cotton skivvies would be pretty ugly in any real situation requiring exertion.

Tim

They all get pretty ugly. (pretty ugly = oxymoron)

 

[Adk_dib]

I had a pair of the zip off's on two weeks ago because it was supposed to be chilly. I was warm when I got there and decided to go with the shorts. The zipper got stuck in the fabrick and I couldn't go either way. I got flustered and really pulled the zipper and of course pulled it right off. I tried to fix it when I got home and broke it. Good thing I have two pair of those

 

[J.Dub]

I'm not ashamed to admit I own five pair of man-prees, though I use them primarily ...and no I do not carry a "murse" or wear a banana hammock.

This isn't you, then...?

ust curious, how many wear synthetic skivees?for climbing...

I've got some polypro briefs and boxer-briefs that I'll wear on mountaineering or winter overnight trips, but usually stick with cotton unders the rest of the time.

 

[Stash]

This isn't you, then...?

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Even I wouldn't wear THOSE socks.

 

[averagejoe]

Damn, you got me, I thought that pic wouldn't get out. I also have one in hot pink.

I used to wear cotton skivs, but I picked up some poly ones and found them to be a quite a bit more comfy for hiking.

Jdub, nice avatar.

Joe.

 

[woodsxc]

I can relate to that (14-y-o). I really get looks with I wear socks with my Tevas.

Sorry for the drift...

Are you German?