I bring a little (an ounce?) camp soap, baby wipes & an auto-dry 'towel'. If I can, I clean off with water and soap; if not, I use the baby wipes. I sleep better 'clean'.
Nothing ...just went shower to shower.
'Slogger
The more I learn ...the more I realize I don't know.
The more I learn ...the more I realize I don't know.
Nah, seriously, I just use water and my bandana every night, but I also only take two sets of clothes, one to wear that day and one to put on that night when I rinse off at camp. I rinse out the set I wore during that day's hike and lay them out to dry. Get up in the morning already dressed and the previous day's stuff goes in the pack for tomorrow. I used to take Dr. Bronner's (peppermint, ahhh!) but I rarely used it and the first time it leaked, it was gone. Never missed it.
Wipes for after a BM. Really helps me keeps from smelling like, well...
Washed up with bandanna w/o soap every night once it was warm. The sticky salt drove me nuts if I didn't do that.
Wife had more of a regiment, included olay cloths for face and wipes for feet. That's about it really. People always told us we 'looked so clean.'
Also kept clippers in bounce box to keep hair under control.
Gravity
I certainly do NOT have any thru-hiker experience but I think merino wool shirts barely have any smell after LONG time in use. I did an "experiment" with my Icebreaker merino wool shirt and didn't wash it for several months while backpacking with it on weekends and on dayhikes.
I couldn't MAKE the shirt stink.
That is the same shirt I'm wearing in my avatar.
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I couldn't MAKE the shirt stink.
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I'll bet I could make it stink ...
'Slogger
The more I learn ...the more I realize I don't know.
Bandana baths at the end of the day and baking soda. Use baking soda as a deodorant, sprinkle in my shoes, as a foot powder at the end of the day, brush my teeth/mouthwash, body powder, washing my clothes with a little Dr. Bonners (in a gallon zip lock bag), windburn/sunburn/insect bite salve and shaving. Google baking soda to see all its uses.
Bandana and stream whenever I can, swim when conditions permit, lots of soap and water when I find a shower.
My wife says I carry that trail odor when I get home, little does she know she did too, if you hike you stink! Women don't burp or fart either
WalkingStick"75"
Savor the hiker funk.