I have the unfortunate circumstance of being 6'6". From my initial research I'm noticing it's near impossible to find most common hiking pants in a length longer than 34" inseam. I was wondering if any other giants had found a good reasonably priced pair of hiking pants (no specific preferences, although I'm fond of OD green). I normally wear a size 36"x 36" in dress pants. I've found a few pairs in 36 long, but most are sold out or unavailable. The only pants I can find normally are just tactical pants, which aren't an extremely terrible replacement, but I'd prefer just simple hiking pant. At the moment I have a pair of the North Face convertible pants, which were too short, that I ditched the pant legs and just use as shorts!
Thanks for your time, I hope someone can offer some help!
And they come in the sage green! Thanks for the suggestion. Is this a brand you've used? Any remarks on them? Looks like the reviews are all pretty good.
Welcome, Benjamin! Glad someone had an answer for you, too. No one around my house would know about 36" inseams--I'm not that tall, and married into a family of hobbits. But I knew someone around here would know
www.Rebecca-Douglass.com A Is For Alpine: An Alphabet Book for Little Hikers, and other non-hiking-related books.
Have you tried your local Boy Scout store? They have a free length that requires hemming. We have a District Executive in our council that is 6'7". He has to wear the uniform too, so it's worth trying. There's usually several inches extra on the length.
Makes me feel better about them! 23 years! Wow! That's longer than I've been alive! Also, thanks for the welcome. Yeah, no one's quite sure how my brother and I got so tall. We're both around six and a half feet and both sides are all under 6' throughout the family. Oh well, I can change lightbulbs easier!
Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 15, 2016 14:07:15 GMT -8
I can second Railriders build quality. Also they have sales, give coupons and such that can take some of the bite from their prices. I've their Versa-TAC in a couple of weights and essentially live in their ultra-lights.
I'm 6'5" and have given up on pants for 3-season hiking. Not only are the options too few, those that do fit tend to limit my movement too much---the cloth sticks to sweaty knees and adds resistance to leg lifts. I've taken to wearing a pair of shorts with some stretch in them, and I had Luke make a custom pair of Argon Wind Pants to wear in camp. The wind pants are extremely lightweight--I wouldn't wear them while hiking except on clear trails. Just one more option.
Post by almostthere on Sept 23, 2016 6:21:52 GMT -8
My unhusband has you all beat, for height 7+ feet tall.
He has several pairs of hiking pants. He walks through REI once in a while and gets them on sale. He found a pair plus a few shirts at Patagonia outlet.
Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. Walt Whitman
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