[Brain]

My friend and I have this theory that women in the outdoors automatically jump up about 3-4 points on the ratings scale just because they're out there. So if I see a woman that would probably be a 7 in the city (7 is attractive) up high on a trail or mountain, she is now a 10+. Hiking in a sports bra adds another point. I do, however, have to guess as to what the particular woman's city rating would be because the vision of them in the wilderness definitely clouds my judgement. Sorry if this makes me a caveman, but I'm truly convinced that there is nothing hotter than a woman in the wilderness.

[sten]

That's ok. We think guys in the wilderness are pretty cool too. Especially if they know how to change the oil in the car, fix the roof, fix the washing machine (& how to use it), know which end of a vacumm to point at dirt, can mow the lawn, wash dishes, cook more than sloppy joes, brew beer, knows which fork to use for the salad, and ain't always looking at us to cook dinner after a hard day's hike in the wilderness (or hard days work in the office). Now that's friggin' hot!

[Dayhike Mike]

I came to this same conclusion the last time I was up on Heliotrope Ridge. There were several women coming down off the mountain and it was kind of a thrill...don't know whether it was the plastics, or the big old packs they were carrying, or what, but I recognized that something about the fact that they were out there, tromping around in the wilderness (and apparently enjoying every minute of it), made them that much more attractive to me. Suppose it's the same sort of reaction men would have to women who obviously enjoy any traditionally male sort of pasttime/recreation. Sports nut: Wait a minute...you actually LIKE to watch Monday Night Football? ATV nut: Wait a minute...you actually LIKE getting covered in mud and roaring around Reiter Road on a 4 wheeler? NWH nut: Wait a minue...you actually LIKE cross-country bushwacking/brush bashing, scrambling up exposed slopes, and skinny dipping in glacial waters?

[wildernessed]

Sounds like all that activity boosted your testosterone levels.

[Tazz]

DHM! I think that guys who climb and scramble are hot hot hot! AB and I saw a few climbing up Aasgard last year and we where both Yes guys, we look, drool and dream too. We are just more discrete about it. But we are watching

[Meander]

Funny you say that, since that is when we are at our dirtiest with greasy hair. Pig Pen emoticon. But maybe you like it dirty

[Dayhike Mike]

[captain jack]

[Stones]

The hotness factor increases proportionally with the number of days you have spent on the trail.

[sarbar]

[Quark]

Man, you chicks make it sound as if being outdoors with no makeup or deodorant is new. I have a certain odeur about me after a few days, but it's just an odeur au naturale, nothing that warrants much mention. I'm not surprised when I get a second look out of a feller. But if he looks a third time, I practically faint. Usually they look, then think, "wow, I'd better investigate this a bit further" and so they turn and look again, and then they think, "aw, Hell." Then they move on.

[David]

It's the sweat, plus the fact that you're willing to get sweaty. It's also I think, at least for me personally, that it's the strong willed-ness that tends to go w/ hiker girls, and guys like that. It's also the braids!

[sarbar]

I actually think the real reason my husband is always "on-call" at work is so that his image of me won't be tarnished. Being a light weight wanker I consider sleeves to be kleenex, and that one pair of underwear can and should be worn for 5 days. He asks that I get home from trips before he gets home from work, so I can be all clean and shiny with shaved armpits before he gets home. And that my rank and stanky clothes are out in the garage

[trailjunky]

There's nothing sexier than a women with a trowel, and knows how to use it.

[Dayhike Mike]