[pct-l] Fwd: [ pct-l ] Washing clothes on the trail

[Timothy Nye]

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From: Timothy Nye <timpnye at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] [ pct-l ] Washing clothes on the trail
To: Eugene <atetuna at hotmail.com>


Personally, I recommend merino wool.  Icebreaker makes a good raglan sleeve
shirt thats pack friendly. The wool really doesn't absorb odors like
synthetics do and the superfine wool wicks perspiration well.   Also, Big
Toe's wife, Go Go, handed me a gallon zip lock bag on the trail last year
when I was faced with the same problem.  It was her washing machine. It
worked well.

Gourmet

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Eugene <atetuna at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> How do you wash your clothes on the trail?
>
> I didn't really think of this much at first because there were a lot of
> places to do some cleaning, plus it was a little too cold to launder clothes
> while hiking, but I'm starting to think more about this now that it's
> getting warmer....and my vapor barrier quilt certainly doesn't help things.
>
> I have a bottom of a milk jug that I use as a sink, plus Dr Bronners and
> Mirazyme.  I suppose it works a little, but it hardly gets rid of the smell
> like warm water in a washing machine does. The smell gets bad enough that
> I'm thinking seriously about carrying a shirt just to wear in trail towns.
>
> The only downside I see to doing laundry a lot is that it washes out the
> permithrin....that, and I spent so much time on laundry on my last attempt
> that I got sunburned....at least my skin doesn't blend in with the snow now.
>
> Sir Mix-a-lot
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