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

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-----Original Message-----
From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
To: dvsteven <dvsteven at hotmail.com>
Cc: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 1:25 am
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker smells... (lol)


Good evening, Flying Tortoise,

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

Tourists, day-hikers, and week-enders don’t often buy-in to the
eodorant-avoidance
heory.  For them the more $1.98-per-pint cologne they can splash on the
etter.  Approaching such as them I make a quick assessment:  It they are
leasant and thoughtful I stand down-wind and endure the lavender stench;
owever, if they are impolite and condescending I deliberately work my way
round 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

n 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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