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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:28:36 +0800, Andrew Priest
<andrew@aushiker.com> wrote:

>I appreciate that this posting may be a off-topic for some of the
>groups I have posted it to, but I hope you will indulge me, as it is
>walking related (gear related to be specific) and may be of interest
>to some members. 
>
>Following a recent discussion on BackpackGearTest.org, which come out
>of the Field Reports for the Macabi Skirts for Men and for Women, a
>rather specialised group for discussing the merits or otherwise for
>hiking in skirts has been formed.
>
>Those curious or interested in the subject may wish to wonder over to
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HikingSkirts/>.
>
>BTW I am not the owner or moderator of this group, but I have joined
>the group as it intrigues me.
>
All things become new again.

The Appalachian Mountain Club, based in Boston, MA, was founded in
1876. There are pictures of some of the early AMC hiking groups, where
the men wore essentially business suits, including ties, for hiking,
and the women wore ankle length skirts. Not sure what you can find
directly on the Web, but they have published books with lots of
pictures from their archives.
www.outdoors.org

What the women were wearing was not unlike what women were wearing as
part of the westward expansion of the US at that time, perhaps even
more formal, as the original AMC members were part of the educated
upper-class elite of Boston.

There are groups in the US and elsewhere, where the women NEVER wear
pants, only skirts, and some of them hike.

Some Scottish, and many faux-Scottish, wear kilts of various tartans
when hiking.

A few companies have promoted kilts (Utlilikilt for example) but I
have not seen them become a major fashion trend in the city or the
hills.

Nudists must be rather amused.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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