What do you swim in on the trail?

[Plodderman]

I hike in running shorts so I use them and they dry fast.

[Josh Calhoun]

swim naked. we come into this world that way. aint nothing embarrising about it. but i do respect the presance of youngins.

[theinfamousj]

Have the bra and panties/boxer brief folks ever had a problem? Seems like shorts and shirt/no shirt wouldn't be an issue.

I've never encountered a problem. My panties cover exactly as much as my at-home bikini bottom, and my sports bra has way more coverage than my triangle-top bikini-top. It isn't instantly identifiable as underwear, either. How would you know unless someone told you?

[Hairbear]

i like underwear then you have clean ones

[Papa D]

Mental note to self: DO NOT hike with Papa D on any trail with more than a seep on it(not that I could keep up with you )
Hike any trail TheinfamousJ is on ... lol...

Whatever - I usually night swim anyway.

[Wise Old Owl]

Don't forget the Ivory Soap...It floats.

[Montana]

Don't forget the Ivory Soap...It floats.

Don't use soap! It polutes our waters, encourages eutrophication of lakes, kills fish and amphibians, and plane just isn't needed on a thru-hike. If must use soap, fill up a water container and give yourself a spunge bath well away from any water source. Carry alcohol based hand-sanitizer for maintenance between baths. You are going to stink, learn to accept your natural odor.

WOO, you usually provide sage advice. Not so today.

[Hairbear]

I almost always swim naked - if you care, you haven't hiked enough - - occasionally, at more public places, I'll take off my boxer brief things and swim commando in my Mountain Hardware canyon shorts but what a pain in the butt - just swim naked yall - it's fun and nobody will give a rip.

yup be like that m and m commercial just rip off your shell and say so its that kind of party.

[Tipi Walter]

I'm one of those few people who brings 2 pairs of underwear on a trip.

Exactly. I wear wintersilks briefs but ex officio or anything else will work. Two pair. One to swim in to hang drying off the pack, and the other to hike in. With shorts, of course.

I almost always swim naked - if you care, you haven't hiked enough - - occasionally, at more public places, I'll take off my boxer brief things and swim commando in my Mountain Hardware canyon shorts but what a pain in the butt - just swim naked yall - it's fun and nobody will give a rip.

In my glory days I used to do all my creek swims naked but then the climate changed and I don't mean the weather. People got uptight and then a buddy of mine was skinny dipping in a remote lake when he was seen by some busy body and reported and he was actually arrested and is now on some watch list somewhere as a ersatz sexual predator. Welcome to the new millenium.

[FarmerChef]

That is sad, really. As a dad I definitely want to be sensitive to what my kids see. But I've done my fair share of tasteful skinny dipping and don't begrudge others to do the same. I mean come on. It reminds me of old Norman Rockwell paintings and boys going off to the local swimming hole to cool off. Not to philosophize too far but I have to agree we have gotten a bit uptight. Call me old fashioned I guess...

[WILLIAM HAYES]

ex officio boxers they dry fast went swimming just about every day when i hiked the 100 mile wilderness

[SHerpa 2003]

Water is quite shallow and ROCKY at Sunfish Pond, NJ......especially when trying to do a quick, bare ass Plunge!

[Rasty]

Whatever I am wearing. Helps take the funk out of my clothes. Usually when I get a chance to swim I'm already sweating. Might as well do laundry. No soap of course.

[OzJacko]

My dirtiest underwear.
It then changes status and becomes my cleanest underwear....

[Coffee Rules!]

yup be like that m and m commercial just rip off your shell and say so its that kind of party.

I watch that commercial EVERY day on YouTube and crack up every damn time.

[canoe]

What do you swim in on the trail? THE WATER smile

[Velvet Gooch]

Type I PFD