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    Quote Originally Posted by tucker0104 View Post
    Does anyone bring that special soap that they sell in the 4oz bottles? The DR brommers or something like that?
    I bring Camp Suds - rarely use it

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    Quote Originally Posted by warraghiyagey View Post
    How did you get in to the Michigan Womyn's Festival???
    i'm a lesbian

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    i'm a lesbian
    Who isn't?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    i'm a lesbian
    that there is funny

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    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'.

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    Nothing ...just went shower to shower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Footslogger View Post
    Nothing ...just went shower to shower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warraghiyagey View Post
    Footslogger, cleanest hiker this side of the Pacos.
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    I wouldn't go that far ...

    After a while though it really doesn't matter what you do while you're on the trail - - you are gonna stink !! Once the clothing adopts the stank even washing it only lasts for a day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Footslogger View Post
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    I wouldn't go that far ...

    After a while though it really doesn't matter what you do while you're on the trail - - you are gonna stink !! Once the clothing adopts the stank even washing it only lasts for a day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tucker0104 View Post
    I was just wondering what everyone brought to stay clean while hiking or if you bring anything at all? I have always stuck with baby wipes for the quick bath.
    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Footslogger View Post
    Once the clothing adopts the stank even washing it only lasts for a day.

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    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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    [quote=ChinMusic;635777]
    I couldn't MAKE the shirt stink.

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    I'll bet I could make it stink ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChinMusic View Post
    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.
    I have a few shirts that stink even after you take them out of the dryer. I guess its a gift?
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dakota_ View Post
    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.
    That is really good info thanks for sharing
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    Quote Originally Posted by santa View Post
    I have a few shirts that stink even after you take them out of the dryer. I guess its a gift?
    The gift of polyester. The smell that lingers...

    One reason I now wear Merino wool for the most part.

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    yeah well i went to a musical festival last week and there was no lack of dread headed, nasty-ass filthy chicks in attendance. they think patchouli oil smells good
    Why do you subject yourself to such indignation?? Admit it. You like hippie chicks.

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    Savor the hiker funk.

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