The Lairig Ghru,  a wonderful walk.  I love that place.  I have walked naked there on my second walk and walk naked along Jocks Road too.

ch(

Just reminiscing in my mind.  Why do we always cross the boulder fields rather than go round them

Just reminiscing in my mind.  Why do we always cross the boulder fields rather than go round them

I can think of one example. Descending Ben Nevis past the gullies and crossing the boulder field towards Lochan Meall an t-Suiche is a rather more pleasant route than the tourist path with all those ill-equiped people in flip flops and high heels carrying nothing more than plastic bags! Boulder hopping on a dry day can be good sport.

I heard that the armed forces used to use colour-blind men to spot camouflage as they could differentiate between materials which to non-colour-blind men looked the same.

I doubt an animal like a deer could have survived evolution if it wasn't able to spot a naked man that was trying to kill it, particularly as, for the vast majority of the time involved, all men were naked.

I agree with you. Often our interpretation of animal behaviour depends upon our psychology and we consider a naked person less harmful than a clothed one. On the other hand, some hunters said me that birds change their direction if they see a man with a pole in hand arguing it could be a rifle, I don't know.
IMHO, I've seen that insects have no fear of a naked human, and this is the worst thing about naturism  😉

Sunandbare,

Does your heart not sink when you see how some people attempt Nevis. It is only clear on average for six days a year at the summit. It is a deadly mountain yet 80,000 people go up each, far too many in the clothing you describe.

I'm just back from walking 26.6 miles. I used poles to assist but the vast majority did not ...... and it showed.