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

[Steven dvsteven]

Thanks for the reply Steel-Eye,
 
Great ideas, I'll check them out.
 
Flying Tortoise
 


Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:09:31 -0800
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker smells... (lol)
From: steeleye at wildblue.net
To: dvsteven at hotmail.com
CC: pct-l at backcountry.net


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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