UPDATE on Britian's NEKKID Hiker (New INFO!)

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LONDON (Reuters) - A naked rambler sighted on some of Britain's most famous walking trails has broken cover and revealed it was his ambition to walk the length of the country in the nude.



Steve Gough made headlines earlier this week when police in northern England reported several sightings of a rambler wearing nothing but his boots, a rucksack and a floppy hat. Gough, 44, an unemployed truck driver, told the Times newspaper he was blazing a trail against antiquated British indecency laws and establishment attitudes.


"Every pioneer is criticized for putting their head above the parapet, but this is something that I believe in and I think a lot of the public do too," he was quoted as saying in the Times' Thursday edition.


His clothes-free journey from Cornwall in southwest England to northern Scotland has so far earned him 11 escorts to police stations, five arrests, two charges and a night in a psychiatric hospital, the Times said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=5&u=/nm/20030807/od_nm/odd_britain_rambler_dc

"NUDE HIKER EXPOSED!"

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Hopefully the trails are free of poison ivy and briars - seems as if that could be a problem otherwise. Also, wouldn't one have a chafing problem with the rucksack?

do the stinging plants go as far as waist height? :wow: