Hello whiteblaze family, i hope you are all having a day filled with love and adventure.
I leave for my SOBO thru hike in 2 weeks, and i have everything i will need (finally!) I don't want to use deet, i will be bringing some just incase, but my protection against ticks however will be long pants, long shirt, soaked in permethrin. (as well as socks and shoes sprayed)
So, do you guys think this will be adequate protection against ticks? I am not spraying my base layers, such as my patagonia cap 4 hoodie and Patagonia cap 3 long johns, nor my sleepwear, cotton knit shorts and cotton shirt with synthetic socks. Do you think i should spray any of my base layers or my sleepwear? I will have a nylon shortsleeve shirt i may hike in every now and then, but that will be soaked in permethrin and i could just use picardin on my arms and check for ticks.
I'm as well going to be doing body checks every night, after i get in my tent while i'm changing into my night wear. (will also check clothes)
other things i will be spraying with permethrin are the netting of my tent (tarptent notch) and outside of my sleeping bag (marmot trestles 30)
any other advice on keeping off ticks? I'm not going to be using shelters i think, mostly because it seems that that would be an ideal place for a tick to crawl right onto you and get to you while you're sleeping.
taking measures to not get lyme disease but also not risking putting the highly carcinogenic DEET onto (Into) my body.
Thanks you guys, can't wait to start this incredibly journey.