Quote Originally Posted by The Grip View Post
Because I am such a mutt, heredity has given me the most unappreciated swirled facial hair pattern, and I look like a crazed beast within a four days or so.
I know some people like to go for the beard when LD backpacking, but if Earl Shaffer made a point to shave before going back into society--then gosh darn, it I will too!
I use the disposable razor & Dr Bronner's for the woods...
Well, I am not particularly worried about what Earl Shaffer would or would not do, I gotta do what works for me. I wouldn't bother, personally, one less thing to worry about. Also the beard is a "status symbol" of a thru, and makes hitching up north easier, and you don't have to constantly explain you are thru hiking, the beard says it all.