[pct-l] To repel mosquitos, other insects and ticks

[Jereen Anderson]

To repel insects and ticks I wore insect-repellent cloths made by ExOfficio- shirt, pants, socks, and hat. The buzz-off hat that I wore in camp when bugs were a problem is the one with the neck cape. That seemed to work pretty well discouraging insects around my head.Of course I also brought Deet but did not need much. I mostly used the Deet on my horse. He also had a face-net mask and a blanket. I did notice that some of the hikers were really bothered by the mosquitos. Some people are less bothered or even not bothered at all by certain insects. I recall an endurance race when we had to pass through a real swarm of yellow jackets. There were about 30 of us in that race. Riders and horses were stung and the insects actually followed us for several miles. Everyone got stung many times except one guy, an Italian, who claimed that he was'nt stung because he eats a lot of garlic.
 
MendoRider      

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   1. Mosquito pants, rainwear and liner gloves (Robert W. Freed)
   2. Re: Don't plan, just do (Rod Belshee)
   3. Mosquito pants, rainwear and liner gloves.
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:01:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "Robert W. Freed" <robert at engravingpros.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Mosquito pants, rainwear and liner gloves
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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? I use the OR head net with the spring. It helps keep the net off my face.
I have only used it in camp for no-see-ums. Damn little things love to get
the moisture from the corners of your mouth and eyes. One thing I have
found that works great for mosquitoes... keep walking.
? I wore through my frogg toggs in hours at the shoulders. I tried them
twice over the years with the same results. I ended up with a homemade
poncho that covers me and my pack, the sides button down to my
knees. And rain chaps. But most of the time I just use the umbrella.
Breath-ability in rain wear is a myth for someone who is really burning the
calories. I find that I am soaked in minutes from my own sweat in even
the top of the line breathable fabrics. Not so when using the umbrella.
? I use a wind proof glove. Not so much the cold as the wind that really
numbs those fingers.
Robert

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:18:24 -0800
From: "Rod Belshee" <rbelshee at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Don't plan, just do
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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When my wife (Spirit) and I backpacked around the planet for 20 months a few
years ago, I spent one year and hundreds of hours planning, detailing all of the
places to see, the climate, local customs, logistics, etc., etc.  Then on the
day we left, I hit delete to the whole folder full of spreadsheets, maps, plans
and bookmarks and we travelled with the knowledge having come from planning, but
the freedom of travelling unplanned. Worked well for us. (Might have worked even
better if I had a better memory, but we did enjoy rediscovering things I forgot
along the way!).

world travels journal: (http://groups.msn.com/AdventuresOfRodFran)

Steady Sr., PCT04





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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:19:50 -0500
From: "ietura at viajarapie.info" <ietura at viajarapie.info>
Subject: [pct-l] Mosquito pants, rainwear and liner gloves.
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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most hiking pants are bug proof. They're usually made from some dense weave
nylon (supplex, cordura or the like) and mosquitos can't bite through that.
For the top, the typical hiking shirt is usually not dense enough to be bug
proof. Wind shirts usually are, no matter how thin, because of the denser
weave needed to stop the wind.

Marmot Precip is a lightweight nylon outer bonded to the most typical
polyurethane membrane. Waterproof enough but hardly breathable. No reason
for this to not be enough in Washington, just not very breathable but
that's common to most rain wear. Frogg-Toggs is different: non-woven
polypropilene. It's waterproof and breathes much better than tradicional
membranes but being non-woven stuff if feels like paper and the trade-off
is in durability. The lightweight nylon found on Marmot Precip and several
other rain gear is still (despite being thin) more durable than the
Frogg-Toggs stuff. Frogg-Toggs is usually good enough if you take good care
of it as the PCT is not a really rainy place during thru-hiking season so
most of the time the rain gear is in the pack. Many PCT thru-hikers use the
similar yet even flimsier Rainshield or DriDucks.
Rainskirt

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