[pct-l] Washing Clothes on the Trail

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

FYI you don't need an 11 ounce solar shower. I carried a Pocket  
Shower, which was just a dry bag with a shower nozzle on it. I used  
it as a stuff sack for my sleeping bag most of the time. I only used  
it once when I took a shower in the center of town in Government  
Camp. I only washed my hair, though.

Anyway, you can go light and carry a shower if you want these days.
Diane

On Apr 17, 2010, at 9:24 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> Hey Brian - you mean you would actually prefer being stinky and be  
> willing to give up being able to take a hot shower on the trail and  
> the convenience of gravity-fed warm running water from a spigot  
> right at your campsite - rather than carry just 11 ounces ? ? ?  
> Hikers are sure getting soft about carrying extra ounces these  
> days. During the 50's and 60's, long before I discovered horses, I  
> backpacked about 2500 Sierra miles, sometimes carrying as much as  
> 60 pounds. In those earlier times Sierra hikers had to be stronger  
> and braver to be able to fight off the Saber Toothed Tigers and  
> Short-Faced Bears that roamed the wilderness. And I hadn't yet  
> learned about bear charms.? Reinhold and Switchback know about  
> that, having survived thier epic adventures of the 60's. Then with  
> the 70's there came a guy named Eric Ryback - who carried as much  
> as 70 pounds and did'nt resupply very often.
> MendoRider

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