[pct-l] underwear on the trail?

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Mike,

I've always taken 3 pairs of socks and underwear and one of everything else,
like Diane says that you can wear all at once under adverse conditions.  In
retrospect, I can probably get along with 2.  Maybe I suffer from the "eww"
factor but underwear does not take up a lot of room.  In extreme adversity,
the elastic and underwear can be fashioned into emergency equipment, a
tourniquet or tie it tight over a wound for pressure to stop bleeding etc.
If you watch Mythbusters, prisoners have presumably fashioned the elastic in
their underwear to make a crossbow, works better than a shiv!  The myth was
busted as it wouldn't "kill" anyone but it wasn't a bad weapon.  The Apollo
13 guys (If you watched the movie with Tom Hanks) saved their ship with
silly items found in the capsule.

Melanie

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> One pair, no spares. That goes for all clothing except socks and
> possibly hats. One, no backup. Everything should be able to be worn
> all at once without duplication of an item. You don't need spares. If
> your underwear needs washing on the trail, rinse and wear dry. If
> that idea bothers you, rinse in the evening and sleep without it and
> then put it on dry in the morning.
>
>
> > My plan is to take 3 pairs of underwear with running shorts
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