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bsteinberg
03-27-2016, 19:32
Howdy folks.

I'm talking a class on public policy, so I brought up Naked Hiking Day. It used to be no big deal back in 95, but that last time I was on the trail there was talk about being slapped with a sex offender classification if caught. Because of that I didn't participate.

Is the sex offender thing true and if so could there be some kind of arrangement, like a naked hike day pass?

Buzz

Stitches
03-27-2016, 19:42
haha Why would you want to hike naked? Just sayin'..... I remember when my son got a tick on one of his testicles after a scout trip. Needed help to pull it out. Ugh. Not a pleasant memory. Just thinking about all of the things my clothing protects me from when I am hiking makes me firm in my resolve to never hike without clothes on.

Theosus
03-27-2016, 19:51
In my state walking around naked is a sex offense, and you would have to register. Filthy nasty music blasting out of cars using deplorable words and phrases, thats fine. Thats artistic expression and protected free speech. Want to walk around naked, you're a disgusting pervert....

Odd Man Out
03-27-2016, 21:37
I'm planning a thee day AT hike and by coincidence the middle day will be on HND. I have too much respect for my fellow hiker to inflict upon them something that cannot ne unseen., so I will not participate. But I am curious how many others may.

Starchild
03-27-2016, 22:08
It's legal in Vermont, as being naked is legal.

Pedaling Fool
03-28-2016, 06:22
I think Naked Hiking Day is a stupid hippy obsession with "communing with nature".

However, I wouldn't be surprised if one could get themselves on some sex offender list by doing this --- that is wrong. How one can get on this sex offender list is getting out of control, naked hikers should not be subject to sex offender laws.

Lauriep
03-28-2016, 07:29
The Appalachian Trail is a unit of the national park system. It also passes through a variety of local, state, and federal parks and forests.

While in many places it may seem like you are in the middle of nowhere and you shouldn't have to worry about civilization, the A.T. sometimes passes close to rural communities and small towns. The A.T. is open to and used by families and people of all religious convictions and cultural norms. One person's lark and freedom of expression could be a disturbing or traumatic encounter for a child or a person with certain life experiences.

Here's one recent anecdote that illustrates what I would expect were unintended consequences by the naked hikers. Unawares of the tradition, a year or two ago a local woman who had become a big fan of the A.T. and A.T. hikers decided to introduce a neighboring family to the A.T. On their first visit they encountered some naked hikers on the summer solstice, unawares of the unofficial tradition. This ruined and completely colored the family's experience and turned them off to the A.T. before they had a chance to really even experience it.

Miel
03-28-2016, 07:40
Go to certain beaches, like the one on Cape Cod, for this sort of thing. Or go to the Burning Man Festival, where almost anything goes. Or find work as a model - art school classes or through an agency.

Unless Naked Hiking is limited to certain days or certain areas, I feel children shouldn't have to be exposed to such things if they weren't raised in nudist households. In this case - don't hike your own hike! (And I'm a progressive.)

In Massachusetts, you get placed on the SO registry if convicted of peeing in public. (That part of the SO list don't like - if you gotta go, you gotta go, just do it discreetly and not my lawn.)

Pedaling Fool - It depends on the context. Will pervs use HND as an excuse to expose themselves? Or will there be wholesome folks who believe in the beauty of the human body - or are simply more comfortable without clothes?

egilbe
03-28-2016, 08:18
Unless Naked Hiking is limited to certain days or certain areas

It is. Hiking trails on the Summer solstice.

Puddlefish
03-28-2016, 08:31
On one hand, no child will be "traumatized" unless the parent overreacts and makes a giant issue of it. Kids are pretty adaptable. On the other hand, no one wants to see my sexy hiker butt.

WingedMonkey
03-28-2016, 08:43
haha Why would you want to hike naked? Just sayin'..... I remember when my son got a tick on one of his testicles after a scout trip. Needed help to pull it out. Ugh. Not a pleasant memory. Just thinking about all of the things my clothing protects me from when I am hiking makes me firm in my resolve to never hike without clothes on.


So? Your son got a tick on his balls while he had clothes on?

With that logic no one should ever wear pants.

Jeff
03-28-2016, 08:54
Sadly, more and more thruhikers are participating in NHD (or so they claim). Last year it fell on Fathers Day. I did hear stories of hikers running into families out for a Sunday hike.

Miel
03-28-2016, 09:16
It is. Hiking trails on the Summer solstice.

Thank you for the info!

Miel
03-28-2016, 09:19
On one hand, no child will be "traumatized" unless the parent overreacts and makes a giant issue of it. Kids are pretty adaptable. On the other hand, no one wants to see my sexy hiker butt.

On the one hand, I don't know what your tush looks like, nor would I care if I came across it on the trail, or anywhere else.

On the other hand, are you the spokesperson for all children and all families? No? Thank God.

saltysack
03-28-2016, 09:34
This should to help the Norovirus outbreak...bare a$$e$ on picnic tables...yuk!!


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sheepdog
03-28-2016, 09:52
generally speaking...people who walk around naked, are not the people you want to see naked.

Sarcasm the elf
03-28-2016, 09:59
I'd have a lot more respect for this tradition if it were held on Winter solstice instead of summer solstice...

Puddlefish
03-28-2016, 10:00
On the one hand, I don't know what your tush looks like, nor would I care if I came across it on the trail, or anywhere else.

On the other hand, are you the spokesperson for all children and all families? No? Thank God.

I am not the spokesperson for all children and all families. I don't know where you got that idea that I was suggesting that I was.

I did raise two children into adulthood. At times they asked questions about life, about cultural traditions that were new to them. It was 100% in my power to give an answer that would traumatize them, or not traumatize them. I care about my children, therefore I always chose to give the answer that didn't traumatize them.

TexasBob
03-28-2016, 10:18
generally speaking...people who walk around naked, are not the people you want to see naked.


I'd have a lot more respect for this tradition if it were held on Winter solstice instead of summer solstice...

1+ to both. I don't even want to see myself naked :eek:

Strummystick
03-28-2016, 10:27
There is an in-between possibility which minimizes shock to the uninitiated. I spoke to a hiker who said that he was anticipating several road crossings ....etc, so he attached a light shirt to the pack hip belt, keeping it up above, but ever-ready for quickly lowering over crucial areas, "just in case I ran into a troop of 12 year old girl scouts". He figured that a bare behind was acceptable ..... the viewer from in back could always slow down - or speed up, as they so desired. :eek:

rocketsocks
03-28-2016, 11:04
I'd have a lot more respect for this tradition if it were held on Winter solstice instead of summer solstice...
I agree, but "the polar bear" club has shrinking members. :D

Spiffyguy
03-28-2016, 11:30
Poison ivy on the bum, brambles in the front. I shall pass on the naked thing.

displacedbeatnik
03-28-2016, 11:41
Every year there seem to be a ton of warning articles on this in newspapers warning people that it's happening. It seems like a pretty harmless tradition, especially if it falls on a weekday.

Odd Man Out
03-28-2016, 11:47
I wish the people of US could get way from equating nudity with sexuality. There is no reason for it to be traumatic. I am considering the situation that exists in Scandinavian countries such as Sweden. There public nudity has no stigma attached to it, and it is practiced openly, but only in specific contexts. It would NOT be normal to walk around town naked. It is not a clothing optional society. But if you were out hiking an wanted to go for a swim in a lake, it would be perfectly normal to go skinny dipping. If you go to the beach with a bunch of friends (including families with children), everyone will change into their suits (together) on the beach when you get there. If you go to the Sauna, you are likely going to be nude (almost certainly in Finland). If you are driving down the highway and need to pee, you pull over and go in the grass along the side of the road. No on cares. But you don't pee in the street where people live. It's all common sense.

Odd Man Out
03-28-2016, 12:14
I'd have a lot more respect for this tradition if it were held on Winter solstice instead of summer solstice...

That would be the 300 degree club. People who are stationed over winter at the research station at the South Pole have a tradition where they warm the sauna (which they have inside the living quarters) up to a temperature 300 degrees F hotter than outside (typically +200 F inside vs -100 F outside). Then you have to run outside naked (except for shoes) around the South Pole marker. In her book about working the Antarctic winter as the station's doctor, Jerri Nielsen wrote about the practice, saying that she had to treat for frostbite on all five appendages. :eek:

lonehiker
03-28-2016, 15:32
In Maryland in 08 I came upon a large group of guys that were participating in hike naked day. They split, about half going to either side of the trail. So, I had to walk the gauntlet, so to speak. We exchanged salutations. I was a bit tired but a thought occurred to me. Their wives/girlfriends must be following them. I picked up the pace in anticipation of walking the next gauntlet. Alas, there were no naked women up the trail...

One Half
03-28-2016, 15:40
I don't know why people make such a fuss about being naked or seeing others out and about naked. Personally, I wear clothes when in "public" but I have no care what others do. They aren't hurting me or my child if they chose to hike naked or swim nude or anything else.

egilbe
03-28-2016, 15:44
Probably has a lot to do with being descended from Puritans. You think we would have shaken that over-developed sense of modesty about the same time we gave up hanging witches. But, alas, no. We are a close-minded and judgemental country.

Sarcasm the elf
03-28-2016, 15:51
In Maryland in 08 I came upon a large group of guys that were participating in hike naked day. They split, about half going to either side of the trail. So, I had to walk the gauntlet, so to speak. We exchanged salutations. I was a bit tired but a thought occurred to me. Their wives/girlfriends must be following them. I picked up the pace in anticipation of walking the next gauntlet. Alas, there were no naked women up the trail...

I likely misinterpreted what you wrote but I got the mental image of you raising your hand to your temple and greeting all of them with a military salute (after all their flags were flying). :D

nsherry61
03-28-2016, 16:00
FWIW: It's worth noting that most of the Puritan congregations that initially settled our nation evolved over the centuries into primarily Congregationalists and Unitarian Universalists, two of the most liberal religions around. Those groups that claim religious conservatism and tie themselves to our nations roots are largely misguided in that they are more modern groups attempting to regress back to past values that the actual Puritans congregations outgrew centuries ago.

If you doubt the voracity of the above statement, I challenge you to go and visit all the "First Parish" churches of New England! It's rather eye opening.

Hiketarian
03-28-2016, 16:22
One person's lark and freedom of expression could be a disturbing or traumatic encounter for a child or a person with certain life experiences.


I don't think anyone would be traumatized (perhaps shocked) by seeing someone naked. Even if there is that type of humans around, if some people can't handle Classical music, should it be restricted?

Music because music is as natural as the body. Nakedness doesn't equal sex, otherwise we might as well throw in jail everyone with "unfavorable thoughts" in jail once we invent the thought reading machine! :)

TexasBob
03-28-2016, 18:14
I don't think anyone would be traumatized (perhaps shocked) by seeing someone naked. Even if there is that type of humans around, if some people can't handle Classical music, should it be restricted?

Music because music is as natural as the body. Nakedness doesn't equal sex, otherwise we might as well throw in jail everyone with "unfavorable thoughts" in jail once we invent the thought reading machine! :)

Polite people do not impose their music on others in public places and polite people do not impose their nudity on others in public places. Enjoy your music and your nudity in private, thanks very much.

sheepdog
03-28-2016, 18:21
Polite people do not impose their music on others in public places and polite people do not impose their nudity on others in public places. Enjoy your music and your nudity in private, thanks very much.
yepper....

lonehiker
03-28-2016, 19:01
I likely misinterpreted what you wrote but I got the mental image of you raising your hand to your temple and greeting all of them with a military salute (after all their flags were flying). :D

I am retired military, but I did not render a salute. I wasn't particularly uncomfortable about the situation. I gathered by how they separated that they were jacking with everyone. But, maybe I'm wrong about that. Talked with a couple of older women that evening and they didn't seem disturbed by it either. They too, interestingly, thought that there may have been a women's group following.

egilbe
03-28-2016, 19:04
FWIW: It's worth noting that most of the Puritan congregations that initially settled our nation evolved over the centuries into primarily Congregationalists and Unitarian Universalists, two of the most liberal religions around. Those groups that claim religious conservatism and tie themselves to our nations roots are largely misguided in that they are more modern groups attempting to regress back to past values that the actual Puritans congregations outgrew centuries ago.

If you doubt the voracity of the above statement, I challenge you to go and visit all the "First Parish" churches of New England! It's rather eye opening.

I suppose there will always be a segment of the population who wants to hang witches and be offended at others nakedness.

Stitches
03-28-2016, 19:19
I'm planning a thee day AT hike and by coincidence the middle day will be on HND. I have too much respect for my fellow hiker to inflict upon them something that cannot ne unseen., so I will not participate. But I am curious how many others may.

Too funny!

Tuckahoe
03-28-2016, 19:54
Gggrrreeeaaattt naked hikers with the hiker stench worse than that of a dead sea otter's ball sack!

Christoph
03-28-2016, 19:59
Nobody wants to see this all naked-like. I wouldn't, and I'm me. haha

egilbe
03-28-2016, 20:06
Gggrrreeeaaattt naked hikers with the hiker stench worse than that of a dead sea otter's ball sack!

So sexual, ain't it?

Dogwood
03-28-2016, 20:40
Wearing a loin cloth and/or pasties while backpacking is approved by the FEDS. :cool: Hike cave man cave woman style and don't get nipply cold, surprise the unenthused, or cited. Sandals optional. Not a good set up for bush wacking through brambles. :D

Dogwood
03-28-2016, 20:47
I suppose there will always be a segment of the population who wants to hang witches and be offended at others nakedness.


Witches, warlocks, Druids, Wiccans, and other Au Naturalists who observe Hike Naked Day especially will be taken as offensive. ;):D

Lone Wolf
03-28-2016, 20:47
only creeps walk naked

GreenBlaze
03-29-2016, 04:03
Hike Naked Day is the reason I carry a two person tent. If you're well endowed like me, you'll always have a few new "friends" in the days following. Nothing like a zero day romp in unfamiliar bush.

Traveler
03-29-2016, 06:54
If people don't mind their photos appearing on the internet as they hike nekkid, I guess its not really a concern.

Offshore
03-29-2016, 07:51
On one hand, no child will be "traumatized" unless the parent overreacts and makes a giant issue of it.

I'm not a big fan of hike naked day. I'm less of a fan of the trend of sanitizing the absolutely every part of life to make it absolutely G-rated for parents who want to shelter their precious little snowflakes from life's realities - whether it be due to religious beliefs or an overdeveloped sense of righteousness. It leaves them woefully unprepared for the real world.

sheepdog
03-29-2016, 08:51
On the one hand, I don't know what your tush looks like, nor would I care if I came across it on the trail, or anywhere else.

On the other hand, are you the spokesperson for all children and all families? No? Thank God.
Aren't you just a little ray of sunshine.

Sarcasm the elf
03-29-2016, 09:42
If people don't mind their photos appearing on the internet as they hike nekkid, I guess its not really a concern.

That's the most brilliant response I've seen yet.

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 09:46
I'm not a big fan of hike naked day. I'm less of a fan of the trend of sanitizing the absolutely every part of life to make it absolutely G-rated for parents who want to shelter their precious little snowflakes from life's realities - whether it be due to religious beliefs or an overdeveloped sense of righteousness. It leaves them woefully unprepared for the real world.

I'm not a fan of hike naked day for me. I don't care what others want to do. I imagine there will be well intentioned naked folks, and ill intentioned naked folks. You'll have no idea if that person taking your pic is a kindly feminist grandfather just documenting his trail voyage, happy to see the double standards of clothing being abolished, or someone who's going to immediately post the pics to a porn site and rush back to his bunk.

Am I a fan of naked hiking day for others? Yeah, kind of. I'd like to see some push back against the annoying intolerant people. I went to the town beach last summer, and I swear a woman gave her children the stranger danger talk when I took off my shirt to go swimming. (board shorts, not speedo.)

I'm a huge fan of giving kids the tools to practice independent thinking. Then they can look at various cultures, weigh and balance certain aspects, and decide for themselves on what they wish to incorporate into their own lives. They have to deal with the world, they may as well understand it.

TexasBob
03-29-2016, 10:15
.....Am I a fan of naked hiking day for others? Yeah, kind of. I'd like to see some push back against the annoying intolerant people.

I find it interesting that people who complain about intolerance are often people who have a difficult time being tolerant other people's points of view. For example, why some people might not appreciate naked strangers hiking past their children in a public place.

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 10:22
I find it interesting that people who complain about intolerance are often people who have a difficult time being tolerant other people's points of view. For example, why some people might not appreciate naked strangers hiking past their children in a public place.

When I post I try to gather my thoughts into a coherent overall message. When you quote one sentence out of several paragraphs and post it, then that thought is no longer in context. Please don't do that to me. I addressed your concern in all those surrounding words that you appear to have ignored. All those surrounding words matter.

Water Rat
03-29-2016, 10:23
I guess I just have never understood the desire to hike naked. I’m not a prude. The human body comes in many different shapes, sizes, and nakedness on its own is not in any way a dangerous/damaging thing to view. I just have never had the inclination to throw my pack on and hit the trail naked.

For one, the pack straps and belt might chafe and rub. Then there are sticks that might scratch, bugs that might bite, rocks that might scrape tender parts, and the potential for sunburn. Not sure why none of that even remotely sounds appealing.

This is without the added bonus of having to worry about offending anyone, or drawing unwanted attention from those who are disrespectful and have boundary issues. Oh, yeah...and everything ending up on the internet these days. :rolleyes: Prospective employers love that!

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 10:35
To expand: No single culture has the right to inflict their values on another culture. No single individual, no religion, no political party. If it's legal in a particular place, then that means that community has spoken, people campaigned, they went to town meetings, they voted, they hired attorneys, they did all that they felt they needed to do, to make a particular law.

I have zero respect for sore losers, who didn't go to any of that trouble and involve themselves, and claim their personal belief, their outrage, their culture, their belief system, who use "it's for the children!" as a means to advance their agenda through feigned outrage.

If it's legal, go ahead and hike naked. If it's not, don't. I'm not going to tell my daughters to hide your ankles, hide your face, avert your eyes because it offends someone who wants to inflict their version of reality on me and mine. I'm likewise not going to tell a hiker to cover their junk because it offends someone who wants to inflict their version of reality on me or mine.

rafe
03-29-2016, 11:37
Much ado about nothing, I think. There was a hiker I knew from class of '90 that liked to hike naked, but he had no special day for that.

Another Kevin
03-29-2016, 11:56
The fact that some people want to hike naked does not disturb me in the least.

Do I want to try it? Given the vagaries of weather, insects, and lack of privacy, I don't see very much opportunity.

The idea that I could get labeled a sex offender because someone catches me watering a tree, squatting over a hole in the ground, switching between boxers and long johns, or sitting on my Tyvek sheet, soapy bandana in hand, trying to control the hiker funk just a little bit - that's an indication that our society is seriously sick. (Particularly since I don't generally do anything that involves the discharge of wastewater unless I'm 150 feet or more off the trail - but still, I've been surprised a time or three.)

Dogwood
03-29-2016, 12:38
Let's face it, regardless going on a weekend day hike with the kids, or even many adults, into public places and unexpectingly encountering a group of people hiking naked doesn't play well into U.S. culture nor does it in most places in the world.

Old_Man
03-29-2016, 12:41
It's a slippery slope arguing tolerance for intolerance and vice versa.

sheepdog
03-29-2016, 13:21
I will not tolerate intolerance.

sheepdog
03-29-2016, 13:23
A progressive, a vegan, and a hammock hanger walk into a bar....you know because they told everyone within 5 minutes.

Sarcasm the elf
03-29-2016, 13:25
A progressive, a vegan, and a hammock hanger walk into a bar....you know because they told everyone within 5 minutes.

Unless their voices are drown out by the people that stopped by after crossfit. :D

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 13:30
Unless their voices are drown out by the people that stopped by after crossfit. :D

Did I mention that I adopted a shelter dog? Let me tell you about my lord and savior...

Sarcasm the elf
03-29-2016, 14:05
Did I mention that I adopted a shelter dog?

So help me, if I hear anyone use the phrase "pet parent" I'm having the bouncer throw them out!

Rain Man
03-29-2016, 14:08
We are a close-minded and judgemental country.

You got that Right.


Polite people do not impose their music on others in public places and polite people do not impose their nudity on others in public places.

Polite people don't demand all of creation live to their supercilious moralizing standards, every where, all the time. Polite people share.


I went to the town beach last summer, and I swear a woman gave her children the stranger danger talk when I took off my shirt to go swimming. (board shorts, not speedo.)

And yet some intolerant folks might get offended and call you a creep.

I'm troubled by those who get traumatized by the body God created as She created it. I'm most troubled by prosecutors and zealot politicians who equate nudity with sexual offense, and truly traumatize innocent people for life. You can get put on a sex offender roll by skinny dipping, public urination, and according to some on here, apparently perhaps Hike Naked Day, if you run into a capricious, arbitrary officer, prosecutor, and judge.

These are the real perverts in my book.

For Pete's sake. One day a year. In the woods. Get a life and stop acting all offended. The land of the free indeed.

swisscross
03-29-2016, 14:24
I don't even go swimming at the pool or beach without a shirt.
Granted, if I just think about the sun I will burn.

I could only wish I was comfortable enough in my own skin to hike without clothing.

rocketsocks
03-29-2016, 14:30
To expand: No single culture has the right to inflict their values on another culture. actually they do, we call them laws...of the land.

rocketsocks
03-29-2016, 14:34
If I see ya walkin' down the trail naked...whatever. But if I see walkin' down the trail with your fly down and your dingle dangle dingle hangin' out...your a wierdo.

Another Kevin
03-29-2016, 14:56
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/746/20801170855_e21e547d27_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xG8roP)

I will confess that when I got to this spot on a hot, hot day, I couldn't resist the urge to swim.

I also didn't want to be hiking and getting chafed in wet shorts. I still had about six miles to go that day.

I kept a weather eye out for airborne tourists (it's legal for float planes to land in that lake). I didn't watch the trail nearly as closely, figuring that hikers are a lot harder to shock.

I didn't take a selfie. Nobody wants to look at my ugly ... face.

Nobody arrived, afoot, afloat or aloft.

That's about as close as I've come to hiking naked.

sheepdog
03-29-2016, 15:45
sometimes you just gotta let people be wrong and scroll on.....

TexasBob
03-29-2016, 15:52
When I post I try to gather my thoughts into a coherent overall message. When you quote one sentence out of several paragraphs and post it, then that thought is no longer in context. Please don't do that to me. I addressed your concern in all those surrounding words that you appear to have ignored. All those surrounding words matter.

I did read it all, twice before I replied and once again after your reply and my impression remains the same.

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 16:20
I did read it all, twice before I replied and once again after your reply and my impression remains the same.

I'm fine with agreeing to disagree. I'm fine with agreeing to agree. There are situations in which I agree with the "intolerant of being intolerant" statement, and situations in which I don't. Situations matter, context matters. I might advocate hiking naked on a well publicized hike naked day in a location where nudity is legal, I wouldn't advocate streaking naking through a religious service. All the situations in between, it would depend on the circumstance.

I just don't particularly enjoy it when someone quotes me out of context, and tries to assign some general principle to my quote, when it was intended for a specific purpose.

rocketsocks
03-29-2016, 16:29
To expand: No single culture has the right to inflict their values on another culture. No single individual, no religion, no political party. If it's legal in a particular place, then that means that community has spoken, people campaigned, they went to town meetings, they voted, they hired attorneys, they did all that they felt they needed to do, to make a particular law.

I have zero respect for sore losers, who didn't go to any of that trouble and involve themselves, and claim their personal belief, their outrage, their culture, their belief system, who use "it's for the children!" as a means to advance their agenda through feigned outrage.

If it's legal, go ahead and hike naked. If it's not, don't. I'm not going to tell my daughters to hide your ankles, hide your face, avert your eyes because it offends someone who wants to inflict their version of reality on me and mine. I'm likewise not going to tell a hiker to cover their junk because it offends someone who wants to inflict their version of reality on me or mine.


actually they do, we call them laws...of the land.puddledish I took your post condensed it...my bad, but for what it's worth I agree with ya, if it's legal, fine, if it's not, then it's not for a reason.

One Half
03-29-2016, 18:50
puddledish I took your post condensed it...my bad, but for what it's worth I agree with ya, if it's legal, fine, if it's not, then it's not for a reason.

the "reason" would simply be that some legislators got together and made a law. hardly a good reason in my book. whatever. live your life according to rules imposed on you by others. I will "hike my own hike" throughout life. and no, as I stated before, that doesn't include hiking naked but I have no problem with others doing it.

rocketsocks
03-29-2016, 19:54
the "reason" would simply be that some legislators got together and made a law. hardly a good reason in my book. whatever. live your life according to rules imposed on you by others. I will "hike my own hike" throughout life. and no, as I stated before, that doesn't include hiking naked but I have no problem with others doing it.i think ya mean the legislators we put in place to do our biding.

Puddlefish
03-29-2016, 19:56
i think ya mean the legislators we put in place to do our biding.

It's a nice theory at least! Oh well. I can still get out on the trail and pretend Washington doesn't exist.

Water Rat
03-29-2016, 20:16
So help me, if I hear anyone use the phrase "pet parent" I'm having the bouncer throw them out!

Is "fur baby" acceptable? :D

Miner
03-29-2016, 20:34
Until participation rates for all gender and ethnic groups matches their portion of the general population, the HND club is just another of those white males only clubs that are increasingly disdained by the society at large for good reason as they exclude and intimidate other groups. Who are the real intolerant ones here? ;)

Sarcasm the elf
03-29-2016, 20:39
Is "fur baby" acceptable? :D

Why must you stir the pot?
:banana

Sarcasm the elf
03-29-2016, 20:43
I've decide that on June 20th I'm going to let my dog run around without her collar on. That counts, right?

Water Rat
03-29-2016, 20:50
Why must you stir the pot?
:banana

It just had to be done! :D I snapped at pet parent ;)

Diamondlil
03-29-2016, 20:51
Oh just keep yer pants on, the skeeters are going to be bad this year.[emoji12]


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Rex Clifton
03-30-2016, 10:52
Bad idea! Have you seen the looks of the hikers? It reminds me of that old Lenny Bruce line where "she was wearing a see through dress but you didn't wanna".

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Casey & Gina
03-30-2016, 11:00
I got arrested for it in Maryland and had do do a little community service for it. That was embarrassing! As far as I'm aware there was no risk of being considered a "sex offender" since you aren't assaulting anyone by walking around in the woods without clothes. I was also in a state park with a lot more people than the trail is likely to have on it, with easy access for police and the like to respond to reports. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about it on the AT, especially if others are doing it too. That said, if you do get caught, while you probably won't be labelled a sex offender, you may not like the embarrassing consequences!

Casey & Gina
03-30-2016, 11:08
Bad idea! Have you seen the looks of the hikers? It reminds me of that old Lenny Bruce line where "she was wearing a see through dress but you didn't wanna".

Personally I find it quite strange that we are so conditioned to be repulsed by the sight of another human body sans clothing, regardless of it's particular shape, size, or features. We see animals in the nude all the time, many people walk around town with their short-haired male dogs with very visible genitalia without a second thought. Yet most would shield their eyes and turn away screaming at the sight of a fellow human who is simply walking about minding their own business without clothing. The only difference is what you are accustomed to seeing on a regular basis.

Leo L.
03-30-2016, 14:14
While we don't have NHDs, its quite common to do a skinny dip in places a little away from the crowd.
Did the very same in Yosemity at my last visit, oh man, didn't know that it was such a narrow escape from prison...

Odd Man Out
03-30-2016, 14:32
I've decide that on June 20th I'm going to let my dog run around without her collar on. That counts, right?

I thought it was June 21? I need to know what day I'm not participating on.

Water Rat
03-30-2016, 15:21
I thought it was June 21? I need to know what day I'm not participating on.

Summer solstice is to begin on June 20th, 2016, at 22:34.

Does Hike Naked Night (rather than day) count? ;)

BonBon
03-30-2016, 16:04
Last year naked hiker day fell on Fathers day. I was in a very busy state park area with tons of kids and daddies out enjoying the day-so it would have been pretty shocking for the kids! Personally, I did not see any naked hikers but I saw plenty hiking in their underwear that day. They were the nearly naked hikers.

rocketsocks
03-30-2016, 17:38
Personally I find it quite strange that we are so conditioned to be repulsed by the sight of another human body sans clothing, regardless of it's particular shape, size, or features. We see animals in the nude all the time, many people walk around town with their short-haired male dogs with very visible genitalia without a second thought. Yet most would shield their eyes and turn away screaming at the sight of a fellow human who is simply walking about minding their own business without clothing. The only difference is what you are accustomed to seeing on a regular basis.


While we don't have NHDs, its quite common to do a skinny dip in places a little away from the crowd.
Did the very same in Yosemity at my last visit, oh man, didn't know that it was such a narrow escape from prison...Criminal please! :D

rocketsocks
03-30-2016, 17:40
I got my pee pee slapped for hangin' a moon once. :sun

Sandy of PA
03-30-2016, 20:11
Wasn't near a certain cog railroad was it?

daddytwosticks
03-31-2016, 07:23
I got my pee pee slapped for hangin' a moon once. :sun

...Richard wasn't happy. Oh, wait, wrong thread...:)

saltysack
03-31-2016, 11:13
Should only be observed by attractive well proportioned ladies!! No guys....[emoji111]


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Rain Man
03-31-2016, 11:45
Should only be observed by attractive well proportioned ladies!!

Most won't even recognize the sad and self-fulfilling (and self-defeating) irony in that.

saltysack
03-31-2016, 12:03
Most won't even recognize the sad and self-fulfilling (and self-defeating) irony in that.

Just a joke...don't get upset.

Water Rat
03-31-2016, 12:09
Should only be observed by attractive well proportioned ladies!! No guys....[emoji111]

Whoa - Not so fast! Don't ladies get to go first with their requests and prerequisites? :D Some of you guys might not like our list of requirements. ;) :banana

saltysack
03-31-2016, 12:10
Ha...ladies first!


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Water Rat
03-31-2016, 12:15
Ah, see... That's the thing of it! No lady would post their list. We prefer the element of surprise! ;)

rocketsocks
03-31-2016, 12:31
Wasn't near a certain cog railroad was it?naw, never been there, would love to visit Mt. Washington one day.


...Richard wasn't happy. Oh, wait, wrong thread...:)Richard???

Puddlefish
03-31-2016, 12:31
Whoa - Not so fast! Don't ladies get to go first with their requests and prerequisites? :D Some of you guys might not like our list of requirements. ;) :banana

Pfft, most of us are damned good looking... from a distance.

swisscross
03-31-2016, 12:41
Pfft, most of us are damned good looking... from a distance.

Nice from far but far from nice!

Tipi Walter
03-31-2016, 16:09
Please Hike Naked and enjoy the wonderful trails in the Cherokee and Nantahala national forests---

https://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/Backpacking-Bryan-DeLay/i-LCbzkhW/0/M/TRIP%20148%20115-M.jpg
The Pine Ridge trail goes right into this beautiful blowdown---sure to rip off swinging appendages.

https://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpack-2015-Trips-161/SNOWBIRD-PRETRIP/i-QbGSKfP/0/M/TRIP%20167%20036-M.jpg
This jewel is on the Snowbird Creek trail. I started the trip as a Compleat Man and ended the trip with a ken doll crotch.

https://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpack-2015-Trips-161/Three-Citico-Nuts/i-cBR6xhN/0/M/TRIP%20170%20293-M.jpg
This blowdown on the South Fork Citico trail was designed by God for naked hikers.

Water Rat
03-31-2016, 18:19
Pfft, most of us are damned good looking... from a distance.

HA HA! Touche! :D

bsteinberg
03-31-2016, 18:43
I got arrested for it in Maryland and had do do a little community service for it. That was embarrassing! As far as I'm aware there was no risk of being considered a "sex offender" since you aren't assaulting anyone by walking around in the woods without clothes. I was also in a state park with a lot more people than the trail is likely to have on it, with easy access for police and the like to respond to reports. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about it on the AT, especially if others are doing it too. That said, if you do get caught, while you probably won't be labelled a sex offender, you may not like the embarrassing consequences!


Thanks for addressing the Crime and Punishment aspect which was how I started the post. Most replies were in the Yeah or Nah opinion variety more than weighing the their options based on potential punishment.

Interestingly, I read the it's legal to be naked in public in VT, but not to take your clothes off in public. It's kind of an anti-flasher laws.

Not sure how that would work on the trail. Would it be OK to strip in your tent then hike naked?

Hangfire
04-01-2016, 19:24
One of the girls hiking up ahead of me in the Shenandoah got a ticket for hiking naked. As I recall back in 14 that was a miserable day, lots of rain and a bit on the cool side, and (thankfully) I didn't see a single naked person all day.

greenmtnboy
04-01-2016, 19:44
I always thought the idea was pretty asinine, walking around in your birthday suit when the object is to not be self-conscious, to enjoy the outdoors and not be distracted by various controversies like our lives are inundated with these days, I thought most of us want to get away from drama and politics. Personally I think the Puritans get a bad rap being called repressed when in fact they did not want things hidden. And with farm animals around all the time our distant forebears were never particularly modest about the body and its functions. In Europe you can take a pee I hear if it is done properly outdoors instead of being forced to go into a plastic contraption called a porto-potty. Urine is generally sterile so what's the bit deal?

On the legal front it would depend on getting caught and ID'd, so probably someone would have to be really indiscrete and stupid, and either high on something or otherwise impaired. With a good chunk of the internet filled with nudity, I don't know why anyone cares anymore except for using the kiddy excuse, like young people are scarred by seeing someone naked.

mortonjl
04-02-2016, 05:37
Think about the ticks....

WingedMonkey
04-02-2016, 10:03
Think about the ticks....

Have you ever noticed how much effort ticks put into getting off of exposed skin and under clothes?

greenmtnboy
06-09-2016, 18:51
I was reading about a summer camp that Paul Hoffman went to, Quaker I think in the country where the youth were encouraged to be nude outside in laboring tasks, etc.. I'm sure those days are long gone.

Maydog
06-10-2016, 07:09
Some trails might be a bit busy to hike naked. But if you haven't seen a soul in hours and aren't near a road or trailhead, why not air it out for an hour or two? Be ready to cover up if you find someone approaching, but they won't be permanently scarred if they catch a glimpse of your stuff. A little common sense goes a long way.

Tipi Walter
06-10-2016, 07:33
In honor of Hiking Naked Day and to give more attention to the often ignored Human Perineum---that space of skin between the bung and the "privates"---I offer this short except from my trail journal dated October 28, 2014.

THE PALE PERINEUM
When is the last time a human perineum got the full sun of day? Ponder this question as you plan your next trip and the next time you pay for a tanning bed tell them you're most interested in browning your perineum to the exclusion of the rest of your body. Who knows, they might have a room set up just to tan perineums. Slap an ultraviolet lamp up against your 'Neum and see what happens. It'll be like a tailgate barbecue before a Florida game, "tailgate" being the apt analogy ha ha ha.


THIS SHOULD BE AN "ASK JEREMY AND JACKIE BLOWHOLE---BACKPACKING EXPERTS" QUESTION
"Is it important to get alot of sunlight during a backpacking trip?"


BLOWHOLES
Yes, especially on the perineum. Even though Jackie and I hike naked, our perineums stay shaded and never get any sun so often we have to stop and do spread-eagle handstands in the sun by the trail. If the sun is at 12 noon we get wonderfully browned perineums which is important at AT shelters when we bend over to put in tent stakes and the shelter hikers can't help but see our glowing brown hued bung areas. Therefore all efforts should be made to tan this most alluring of body parts, the human perineum.


But since the Blowholes are on vacation they won't be able to respond to this question.

Heather1027
06-10-2016, 14:14
I might have missed it being mentioned...when is NHD? I'm hitting the AT in 10 days and would like to avoid it, lol

egilbe
06-10-2016, 15:42
I might have missed it being mentioned...when is NHD? I'm hitting the AT in 10 days and would like to avoid it, lol

Summer Solstice. It happens every year. Hard to avoid.