View Full Version : I'm going to hike in a three piece suit!
dessertrat
11-16-2007, 12:17
I just had a revelation.
Most three piece suits are made of wool with silk inner liner. What a perfect thing for hiking in! Also, if you turn up the collar and lapels of the coat, you get completely coverage of the neck area.
If you are also going to hike in a three piece suit, please be aware that the type with cuffs on the pants are best: they catch twigs and rocks, and therefore serve as natural gaiters. You don't want to have to stop every 10 minutes to dump the pebbles out of your wingtips.
Cannibal
11-16-2007, 12:20
Ha! You think hiking gear is expensive; wait till you get the bill on that suit. :eek:
taildragger
11-16-2007, 12:20
Will you be carrying a pocket watch as well?
Are you getting your suit from the thrift store?
You could go refined hippie style, leave the wingtips at home and put on your formal sandals.
Will your servants be carrying your pack for you?
dessertrat
11-16-2007, 12:52
The cravat makes a nice bandanna substitute; it is also silk. I think thrift store would be the way to go. Gentlemen do not carry trekking poles, but a nice cane would be helpful for crossing streams and fending off the brutes of the forest.
Kerosene
11-16-2007, 16:30
Don't try to hike in a dark blue 3-piece, as your sweat will stain your white pressed shirt.
And if you're going to go to the trouble of carrying a cane, make sure that it has a light at the end for night hiking, an umbrella in case of a shower, and a sword to fend of various types of nasties.
Jack Tarlin
11-16-2007, 16:36
Hate to break it to you, but hiking in a suit is not exactly a new concept.
Quite a few of the more fashion-oriented thru-hikers have been doing this for years.
For example, there's this shot, dated June 2003:
http://gallery.backcountry.net/chomp-jacksuit/aaf
Lone Wolf
11-16-2007, 16:39
most fellas today are hiking in skirts. at least you'll be different
Frolicking Dinosaurs
11-16-2007, 16:42
In years gone by, the she dino did hike in a pair of ratted-out poly-lined ladies wool dress pants. However, I would think a better top option than a men's suit jacket could be found. Perhaps you will consider being a business casual hiker and wearing a wool sweater instead of the jacket and using the vest on top of that for extra warmth?
sloopjonboswell
11-16-2007, 16:45
vintage clothing sounds like a really swell way to go until you find out how much wear and tear the clothes are going to get. i started with a nice polyester getup, it was fun standing out a little until the clothes started falling apart. sewing my crotch up everynight became less of a novelty and i opted for the mountain hardware kilt that lasted the rest of the trip. so, i guess from my experience, i would have to say that the kind of pants that usually come with a suit would probably suck compared to pants made for hiking
Frolicking Dinosaurs
11-16-2007, 16:53
most fellas today are hiking in skirts. at least you'll be differentAin't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
Lone Wolf
11-16-2007, 16:54
damn you! :)
Footslogger
11-16-2007, 16:56
Nice wheels ...:D
'Slogger
Cannibal
11-16-2007, 17:05
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
That made reading this whole thread worth every minute. LOL
Quite the 'looker' there L. Wolf :D
dessertrat
11-16-2007, 17:23
Yeah, look at those calves honed by years of hard hiking!
warraghiyagey
11-16-2007, 17:28
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
Now I'm really hoping for a stay in Damascus next year.:) :) :)
Photoshop ROCKS. :)
Damn LW, why aren't you in a kilt 24/7 with those legs?!
warraghiyagey
11-16-2007, 17:47
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
Photoshop ROCKS. :)
Damn LW, why aren't you in a kilt 24/7 with those legs?!
Of course now I'd kind of like to see him in a tube top.
Uncle Silly
11-16-2007, 20:50
Of course now I'd kind of like to see him in a tube top.
OK, that's it. I can't read this thread anymore.
Bootstrap
11-16-2007, 23:07
Didn't Sir Edmund Hillary wear wool suits on Mount Everest?
Jonathan
Frolicking Dinosaurs
11-17-2007, 02:02
Of course now I'd kind of like to see him in a tube top.
OK, that's it. I can't read this thread anymore.Fear not, Uncle Silly. I value my life far too much to put LW in a tube top.
Didn't Sir Edmund Hillary wear wool suits on Mount Everest?I did a bit of research and found that he did wear wool on his first climb.
....the kind of pants that usually come with a suit would probably suck compared to pants made for hiking
Are you sure? I can't believe that's true.
Dances with Mice
11-17-2007, 11:48
This photo was taken the day of the GA Appalachian Trail's first meeting, in fact it was the meeting when the club was organized in Dahlonega. They then went to Neels Gap,where this photo was taken, and climbed Blood Mountain. Here they are showing off the finest in outdoor clothing, circa 1930. And you have to admit they were quite nattily attired.
Today not many of our members wear riding pants, bow ties, knee high leather boots or fur coats when hiking.
Some hiking clothes are classic: Brimmed hats and knit caps are still seen on the Trail, so are wool sweaters.
A lot of things have changed: The road through the Gap is now a paved state highway and the Walasa Yi center isn't shown since it hadn't yet been built.
Fashions change but some things never do. Today, as on Day 1, many of our most active members are women. And we are still, from our founding until today, first and foremost, a hiking club.
2617
Cosmic Crusader
11-17-2007, 12:04
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
indeed it did
Frolicking Dinosaurs
11-17-2007, 12:05
Now I'm really hoping for a stay in Damascus next year.:) :) :)You're too late. His heart belongs to another
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWGypsyasshivaShakti.jpg)
most fellas today are hiking in skirts. at least you'll be different
Not realy, but I think we should all go back to hiking "Ed Garvey" style. Dickies, ya know. :rolleyes:
NICKTHEGREEK
11-20-2007, 09:18
I just had a revelation.
Most three piece suits are made of wool with silk inner liner. What a perfect thing for hiking in! Also, if you turn up the collar and lapels of the coat, you get completely coverage of the neck area.
If you are also going to hike in a three piece suit, please be aware that the type with cuffs on the pants are best: they catch twigs and rocks, and therefore serve as natural gaiters. You don't want to have to stop every 10 minutes to dump the pebbles out of your wingtips.
Congratulations for living in an area where suits aren't made of day-glow polyester.
Jim Adams
11-20-2007, 14:41
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
I can't stop laughing!!!!!
geek
vintage clothing sounds like a really swell way to go until you find out how much wear and tear the clothes are going to get. i started with a nice polyester getup, it was fun standing out a little until the clothes started falling apart. sewing my crotch up everynight became less of a novelty and i opted for the mountain hardware kilt that lasted the rest of the trip. so, i guess from my experience, i would have to say that the kind of pants that usually come with a suit would probably suck compared to pants made for hikingHe was talking wool, not polyester. I have a pair of wool dress pants I use for snowshoeing. I've had them at least 15 years and they are still in great shape.
Bootstrap
11-20-2007, 18:39
He was talking wool, not polyester. I have a pair of wool dress pants I use for snowshoeing. I've had them at least 15 years and they are still in great shape.
I grew up in Western New York, where we used wool dress pants and wool socks for cross country skiing. We didn't wear the suit tops, but we did wear wool sweaters or wool lumberjack shirts, often with a cotton turtleneck underneath.
It worked pretty well.
Jonathan
Doughnut
11-20-2007, 19:01
Ain't that the truth (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/lowcarbscoop/LWolfinminiskirt.jpg)
Dino, that's just WRONG !!!!