I know I know, ‘don’t wear shorts, wear trousers’ might be the obvious suggestion…
I always hike in shorts, even when it is below 0 degrees, otherwise I just get too warm when I’m on the move.
However, I have the following 2 hurdles to overcome:
1. When it rains, the water runs in to my socks. I use Sealskinz waterproof socks, but eventually they give in. If I was wearing trousers over my socks, plus maybe gaiters then I guess this problem would as a minimum be delayed, or even overcome altogether, but I’d be too warm. Do I just have to decide which trade-off I least dislike? Or is there a better way?
2. When on a multi-day hike, particularly in a morning when emerging from my sleeping bag / tent, I admit sometimes in shorts my legs are cold while having breakfast and packing up, but warm after 10mins of getting going again. Maybe cycling leg warmers would help, or trousers that convert easily to shorts.
I realise there are lots of solutions out there, I was wondering how others had dealt with the same quandary.