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danielleoh37
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Oct 11, 2017
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first, start with the kilt. Seriously, its the best hiking clothes in the history of ever! Leave your pants and any ‘spare’ clothes at home. You can lighten up even more by getting Mountain Hardwear’s ElKommando (yes, thats what they call it) Weighs ~15oz. Wear the kilt every day, it’ll dry overnight. For real, i cant say this emphatically enough - the ”ElKommando“ is friggin amazing. Ive thru hiked the AT, S2S, and done 10 Tough Mudders in my EK kilt!
then leave the boots at home. Seriously. For most trails in most places for most of the year you could wear sandals (thru hiked the Smokies and Shawnee SF in Xero Shoes z Trail sandals ~6oz for the pair).
Sometimes boots really do help (its rare, as in just the summit shoulder of Mt Washington- its a boulder field). on those occasions pick the lightest ones that have a stiff sole and are NOT waterproof. Merrill Moab Ventilators have done well for me in places like that (1.71 lbs for the pair). Get “Yanks” elastic shoe laces. The boots will be plenty tight enough on the boulder fields and will slip on/off super easy for those midnight walks (wink). No more lacing/unlacing. Keep ‘em on or not for stream crossings. They’ll walk dry in a couple miles.
I know, this is some heretical stuff... but if youre feeling bold, give it a try on a short local hike and go from there
Oct 11, 2017
G-Deuce
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Oct 12, 2017
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danielleoh37I tend to wear a standard SportKilt (with belt loops and pockets) from my Hash House Harriers days. SportKilt makes a hiking kilt that comes in at 300 grams before any add-ons. I would need the pockets. I tried to check out the Mountain Hardwear ElKommando. No options in large at the usual suspects, (MH website, Amazon, REI) Would love to pick one up if you know where to find.
Oct 12, 2017
danielleoh37
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Oct 12, 2017
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G-Deucei went looking at all the places i got mine from. Looks like MH has quit making them... Just our luck - find something that works great and then they quit making them. Backcountry (dot com) and backcountrygear(dot com) were the two cheapest, or direct from mountain hardwear(dot com) but theyre sold out everywhere I looked. MH quit making them once before and then brought them back so maybe theres hope?
Oct 12, 2017
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