Re: Hiking in Skirts

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From: simplesimon
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:52

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> Back in 1984 in his book "The Complete Walker III" Colin Fletcher
> proposed Colin's Kilt aka Everyman's Wonderful Waterproof Trash-bag
> Skirt. This consists of a large plastic rubbish bag sliced open at the
> base and then pulled up over the legs and tucked into your shorts or
> tied in place round your waist with cord. Fletcher says he designed it
> for walking through long wet vegetation to keep his shorts dry.


I think I'd rather have the wet legs than be seen in a bin liner skirt :-)

simon

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