[pct-l] Hiker smells... (lol)

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Flying Tortoise,



You are correct:  Long-distance hikers don’t (usually) smell themselves or
each other; at least I don’t.  Any soap that comes to hand works about as
well as anything else – preferably something without perfume.  I usually
carry a couple of small pieces of Ivory Soap, a bar of which I’ve cut into
about 8-10 slices then dried in open air for a week or so before the hike.  The
dry pieces are a tiny bit lighter, but most important they are much harder
and will not turn into a slimy blob when put away without being perfectly
dry of wash-water.  http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=267947



Tourists, day-hikers, and week-enders don’t often buy-in to the
deodorant-avoidance
theory.  For them the more $1.98-per-pint cologne they can splash on the
better.  Approaching such as them I make a quick assessment:  It they are
pleasant and thoughtful I stand down-wind and endure the lavender stench;
however, if they are impolite and condescending I deliberately work my way
around up-wind to influence them to leave.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Steven dvsteven <dvsteven at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> If this is a copy of a question that has already been asked of late then I
> apologize....
>
> Hikers as a whole (imho) get used to their own (and others) body oder (not
> a bad thing, yet a thing non-the-less).
>
> What does anyone do regarding this factor (I've never seen deodarant as a
> weight in a pack).
>
> What detergent works well to clean hiker funk in clothes (and in bodies in
> town?)
>
> Just a thought?
>
> Flying Tortoise
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