[pct-l] Deodorant

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Iceaxe,



Last spring in the San Gabriels, north of Messenger Flats, I was just
crossing a ridge from an open, timbered side to a side that was mostly tall
brush.  I didn’t know it but the brush was fully flowered and the fragrance
was so thick I could have cut it with a knife.



My first thought as I crossed the ridge and was hit by the breeze over the
flowers?  “There must be some day-hikers coming up the other way.”



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Matthew Edwards <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>wrote:

> This brings to mind my hitch into Packwood Washington from White Pass. A
> really nice fella insisted I take a bag of oranges and a spray can of AXE
> body spray deodorant (NO JOKE!). I tried to say no but he insisted so I took
> it. Though I never used it on myself while in town I did spray it in my
> hotel room like air freshener and left it in the common bathroom of the
> Packwood Hotel.
> While we may not smell each other or ourselves while on the trail I was
> always confronted by my smelly gear after cleaning up in town and returning
> to my room!
> Ditto to what SteelEye said about the "over soaped" and perfumed day
> hikers.. Could smell them before I saw them sometimes! I wonder what they
> smelled! HeHeHe!
> -Iceaxe
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