[pct-l] Switchback's Spray Bottles

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Switchback's Spray Bottles

Not to be a downer on Switchback's ideas, because his spray bottles  
will likely prove useful to many, but I carried a small spray bottle  
and never used it. I thought it would keep me cool in the desert to  
spray a little water in my face. What I ended up doing was dunking my  
hat and long-sleeved shirt in every creek I could find. Wet clothing  
was very cooling.

Here's something valuable I did discover: hand sanitizing gel removes  
pine sap from your hands. I got pine sap all over my hands one night.  
I mean the entire palms and fingers of both hands were completely  
covered in it. I was really worried I'd be left without the use of my  
hands because of it. I tried the gel and the sap came off like a  
miracle.