[pct-l] Hair

Craig Stanton craigstanton at mac.com
Sun Dec 30 05:41:30 CST 2007


If you'd like to see what 5+ months of not shaving does to you check  
out this timelapse video I made of 156 mornings on the PCT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1lFLNIO6ps  (youtube = low-res)
http://pct2007.org/movies/Faces_basic.mov    (Quicktime = hi-res but  
no music or cleaning up at the end 4.7Mb)
http://pct2007.org/movies/Faces.mov    (Quicktime = hi-res full edit  
with vocals, crossfades, the whole package 10Mb)




On 29/12/2007, at 8:30 AM, Patrick Beggan wrote:

> I know most of my fellow male hikers choose to go unshorn for their
> hike but I plan on staying buzz-shaved both on my head and my face (as
> much as possible -- and I don't plan on razor-shaving, just buzzing it
> down with clippers whenever possible). I hate extraneous hair. I find
> beards to be uncomfortable and long hair a liability. I can go much
> longer without a shower if I have a shaved head than if I let my hair
> grow out -- greasy hair always drives me to shower before any smell
> starts to bother me, when I'm in the wilderness. :P
>
> How does everyone else stand having one of those huge thru-hike
> beards? After my facial hair gets longer than a quarter inch it starts
> to itch and pull at my face when I lay down.
>
> What're everyone else's feelings on the topic?
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