Re: Hiking in Skirts

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From: Galen Hekhuis
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:53

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On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:42:44 GMT, Gary S. <Idontwantspam@net> wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:52:49 GMT, "simplesimon"
><simon.elliott903@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> 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 :-)
>>
>Agreed...

I disagree.  I don't give a damn what other people think.  Besides, I tend
to go places where being seen is not one of my foremost concerns.

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   Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA                    ghekhuis@earthlink.net
                     We are the CroMagnon of the future

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