+Cymbaline Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I'm sure this is markwelled somewhere, but my cursory search didn't find anything. I don't normally cache during the summer months, and anything above 80 degrees is "getting pretty danged warm" to me - unless there's a lake or pool nearby. Unfortunately for me, I live in a suburb of Atlanta, GA - which means heat AND nasty humidity. I like cold-weather caching, which means jeans. "Warm/Hot" weather caching to me means shorts - REI, Old Navy, Umbro whatever, but lack of material is a good thing in regards to heat. As such, I've been pulling ticks off me left and right recently - with or without bug spray. I realize ticks are a necessary evil during summertime caching. What's been getting me lately is the abundance of barbed vines/weeds/etc that I've enountered. Granted, my legs aren't anything Betty Paige would own (no, i'm not that old, but man she had the gams!) due to multiple softball leagues, soccer leagues, hiking, whatever. They ain't pretty, but I don't like bleeding. The problem I have is that I can't get myself to wear long pants even while I'm getting torn up - too frickin' hot. Outside of the obvious "watch where you're going", anyone got some hints/trade secrets they're willing to give up? Salves? rubs? anything? Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 (edited) I like my convertable hiking pants. Edited May 14, 2004 by Stunod Quote Link to comment
+woof n lulu Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 with or without garter belt? Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 with or without garter belt? I only wear the removable legs...the garter holds them up! Quote Link to comment
+woof n lulu Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 with or without garter belt? I only wear the removable legs...the garter holds them up! I should have known.... Quote Link to comment
+SeaTrout Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 (edited) In Fla,real men cache in shorts. And have the palmetto scars to prove it . Bloodletting Seatrout Edited May 14, 2004 by SeaTrout Quote Link to comment
+LukeH Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 ALWAYS wear shorts, whether it is 100 degrees, or 20 below with 4 feet of snow. Real men embrace the pain and do not miss the blood. It's also a thrill not knowing what lies beneath the snow, ready to tear up your legs as you plunge them in. I mention snow because here winter lasts from September to June. It snowed again today. Quote Link to comment
Nudecacher Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 ..., but lack of material is a good thing ... That's my view exactly. Why buy into textile bondage at all? Nudecacher Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Ticks are everywhere this year, I see log after log mentioning them. I just bought some convertable pants. That way the legs can quickly go on and off as needed. They are also constructed of very lightwieght wicking fabric. So they can be good as long pants even when it is hot. Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I second the convertable pants. I love mine. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 No lyme-bearing ticks in my neck of the Adirondacks yet...too cold I wear shorts, and take my chances even when in other parts of the Northeast...I take a garlic tab every day, and believe it keeps ticks and black-flys and some people away . nfa Quote Link to comment
+Kitch Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Suck it up take the PAIN!! NO PAIN NO GAIN!!! Go in shorts and get the geocaching scars from the thorns, sawgrass, PI etc...its all make a road map story of geocaching on your legs and arms!!! Heck we have a few hides that are in the middle of Buckthorn just for that reason alone. Quote Link to comment
+PandyBat Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 My grandma says, the quicker you clean a wound, the better it feels and the sooner it heals. I take along a few wipes, bandaids and triple antibiotic ointment to take care of a cut, scratch or scrape as soon as possible. I'm thinking about carrying a small bottle of peroxide as well to aid in cleaning a wound. Some of those stickers and briars have oils that prolong the pain of a scratch. The sooner you get rid of the oil, the better the scratch feels. Hopefully the peroxide would help in getting rid of those oils. I haven't tried it yet. Outside of wearing pants, that's probably the only thing you can do. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 with or without garter belt? I only wear the removable legs...the garter holds them up! Oh, the mental imagery... Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I have always regretted caching in shorts. I get all scratched up. Good thing I can easily grow new skin. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I guess that this would be a No vote: Quote Link to comment
+cache-man-do Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Snoogans is hard core!!!!! Do you cache with your eyes open? ~Mark Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 (edited) Snoogans is hard core!!!!! Do you cache with your eyes open? ~Mark Ummmm, those legs belong to Sam, of UsMorrows. And yes, He's hard core. The cache was High Five by geowyz. BTW- I ALWAYS wear pants. Sn gans Edited May 14, 2004 by Snoogans Quote Link to comment
jfreeman_bsj Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 My favorite pants are fatigue-style OD green tucked into my boots with Off sprayed around the top of the boots and the waist. No ticks. Shorts are for LL Bean-yuppie types. Quote Link to comment
+LukeH Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 My grandma says, the quicker you clean a wound, the better it feels and the sooner it heals. I take along a few wipes, bandaids and triple antibiotic ointment to take care of a cut, scratch or scrape as soon as possible. I'm thinking about carrying a small bottle of peroxide as well to aid in cleaning a wound. Some of those stickers and briars have oils that prolong the pain of a scratch. The sooner you get rid of the oil, the better the scratch feels. Hopefully the peroxide would help in getting rid of those oils. I haven't tried it yet. Outside of wearing pants, that's probably the only thing you can do. True. However you do not get any cool scars that way. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 My leg last night, you tell me: Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 (edited) My legs look like this from April thru October....with a few raspberries on the hip added from softball. Dude, what's with the cotton socks? Edited May 15, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Melrose Plant Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 If you look at my sign-up date, you will see that I have not cached during a summer. However, I did my very latest find in shorts, as I wasn't really sure whether I was going when I left home. I don't think I like it. Urban-type searches excepted, but those are very rare around here. Since I work construction, I can't wear shorts on the job anyway, no matter how hot it is, so I'm used to it. As I often tell people, comfort is overrated. I am often not understood at all on this point. Quote Link to comment
+mikedx Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 In the heat, I'll take the comfort of shorts over the protection of pants every time. I always come home with cuts, scrapes, etc. I don't put anything on them. They are battle scars I am proud to show off to my friends. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Well here in the desert southwest (Yuma, AZ). This 68 year old "LL BEAN - YUPPIE TYPE" prefers shorts to longies, most all year round. once in while when we head up to the High-Country I'll opped for jeans. Quote Link to comment
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