Cf. Ray Jardine – I believe in his magnum opus, his wife was described as having hiked many thousands of miles in a tennis skirt (or homemade equivalent).
Plus, it probably looks cute (if that’s a desideratum).
From my experience the skimpiest clothing is the best for preventing tics from becoming attached. You have a chance to see them or feel them on you almost immediately, have a chance to remove them before they adhere. When hiking with long pants, they have a chance to work their way under them and by the time you get through with the hike and take your pants off, you’ve got a little visitor attached to you which you now need tweezers to remove. ::shudder::
Hahahaha! 
“I hike with you long, long time.”
So how did it go? Inquiring minds want to know!
I was also thinking that with a pair of scissors you could get rid of the built-in grannies and wear sexier undies with the skirt. Just a thought.
Date went very well, at least I think it did. Skirt was much better than a pair of shorts.
Honestly, the point of the built-in shorts is to wick perspiration and to prevent chafing, not to look teh hawtt in the event of an accidental panty flash.
Plus those skirts cost around $50 so doing home surgery on one just to up the sexiness factor is kind of wasteful.
I think I have just learned about yet another item of impractical female clothing. Wear some shorts with pockets. Guys hate it when they end up carrying a woman’s keys and cell phone, because the woman don’t have pockets.
I carry a backpack when I hike.
I carry a backpack most times when I hike, because I need something to hold my water bottle.
Pockets just make it take longer for clothes to dry after sweating or swimming. A fanny pack or backpack will suffice.
You should have mentioned that up front. You actually think a tennis skirt goes with a backpack?
Fannypacks are perfectly ok with informal wear. I have a lot of friends that wear fannypacks.
Oh, it totally went, and the guy I was with was a total gentleman and actually wore it himself the whole hike (he offered twice before I relented).
64oz of water, plus other various things, would not fit in a fanny pack.
Sounds good to me; I used to have a white, sleeveless, light dress that buttoned down the front that I’d use for hiking all the time. Two reasons: one, it’s white, so if it gets stained it’s easily bleached, and two, I could undo the bottom buttons and tie it up if I needed more leg room. I loved it!
Yeah, what are you thinking pairing a skort with a backpack?
http://athleta.gap.com/browse/outfit.do?cid=49574&oid=OUT21931
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People hike the Appalachian Trail wearing a skirt and a 35 pound pack. It goes together just fine.
Methinks that folks who don’t accept skirts for hiking, with or without packs, probably don’t spend a lot of time hiking.
Same can be said for long woollen skirts for a certain type of skiing.
Here is another hint. Guys don’t want to carry your backpack or any of your other stuff. The fact that he doesn’t want to look like a jerk doesn’t mean he wanted to do it. If he ever invites you hiking again, then that means he’s whipped and you can do anything you want.
Mauvaise, I think you can safely ignore his advice in this thread.
He would not have looked like a jerk had he not offered. I don’t bring what I don’t want/plan to carry myself. The fact that he offered - more than once - led me to think he was gallant, not whipped. YMOV.
Yep. I feel safe in that. 
Hey, next time you go hiking with a date, Joel, be sure to tell her that you won’t carry her shit, but you know a guy who will!
Then, if she ever goes hiking with you again, it means she’s whipped and you can do anything you want