Do you wear gaiters every hike?

[puredingo]

Well, sometimes my food bag gets used as part of my pillow, I've used pieces of my food as bait, as a bartering tool and if my wife has cooked and packed me something it can be used as a weapon.

[north-north-west]

I'm not game to ask about the dirty jocks . . .

[MartyGwynne]

Jocks get used as mossie swats inside the tent. -:)

[nq111]

To the original question, I wear them on every walk other than on graded tourist tracks. I would recommend getting wearing some (even if ankle high versions) if you are still in doubt. They don't weigh much and aren't too hot (don't get waterproof materials for Queensland).

Benefits:
- Save your shins getting scratched and torn to shreds.
- Keep the grass seeds out of your socks.
- Prevent rocks dropping into your shoes.
- Keep minor slush / mud out of your shoes.
- Help stop shoelaces from coming undone.

Knee high versions for thick scrub or cold climates and ankle gaiters for everything else.

[pandabear]

I wear full length gaiters at all time when bushwalking in WA.

[Dolerite Walker]

Gaiters: scrub repellants, snake protectors, leg warmers.

[Zone-5]

I have Nubuck suede ankle gaiters because I hate the swooshing rubbing noise of plastic ones.



They are snake strike proof while keeping out the stonies and bindies.

[icefest]

Other double use food drink items include:

95% ethanol for fuel, sanitation (no need for toilet gel), and oral application.

Vegetable oil, firelight, lube, laxative (finish the bottle)

Two 8 kg lumps of Pu239. Stop the tent from blowing away. Rub them together to get warm.

[Zone-5]

Two 8 kg lumps of Pu239. Stop the tent from blowing away. Rub them together to get warm.

'Of all the common nuclear fuels, Pu-239 has the smallest critical mass. A
spherical untampered critical mass is about 11 kg (24.2 lbs), 10.2 cm (4") in
diameter...'

Unfortunately ur tent and everything else in about a 20Km radius would get blown away..

..but yes the warmth would last all night and most of the next century!

Wrong thread perhaps?

[icefest]

The joke was that that's what would keep you warm, and if you keep them apart they will stop it from blowing away (being incredibly dense and all that).

Sorry it seems off topic, it's easy to miss the second page of the thread on the mobile page.

[Lophophaps]

I wear gaiters on all trips: snakes, scratches, leeches, dirt, rocks and drop bears. On a grotty or wet campsite the gaiters go into the tent vestibule as a sort of mat. Despite keeping a sharp lookout, snakes can come very close. Whilst long socks and long pants will probably stop the bite, I prefer to have more certainty with gaiters.