how much you sweat?

[Deadeye]

I try to sweat as little as possible by slowing down up a hill if need be or removing my hat-

I've heard about people like you. I'd have to walk backwards to not sweat.

[SalParadise]

i always hiked with my shirt off, but I needed a long-sleeve shirt tied to my pack to prevent the back pad from chafing. Every single night I would ring that thing out like I'd just dipped it in a river.

[DuctTape]

I not so fondly recall bowing my head for long uphill stretches to let the sweat drip off the tip of my nose. Also watching beads of it swing along the bottom rim of my glasses like a pendulum. You get used to it, sort of.

[Symbol]

If I stop sweating you better check my pulse.....

[Sweet]

You can ring my shirt and shorts out, the sweat is so bad. I drink at least 3 liters a day, sometimes lots more.

[bigcranky]

I remember one early September hike, I could have wrung out my *pack.*

[garlic08]

I never sweat as much in my life as I did on the Bear Mt climb on a 100-degree humid day. My clothes were soaked down below the knees of my trousers. And usually I'm not a heavy sweater. I had to drink six liters of water that day, and didn't pee much at all.

I met a guy in Arizona who gave me a great tip on hydration. If your sweat becomes slick when you wipe it off your brow, you've run out of salt and you're about to die. You've been drinking enough, but you've depleted the minerals and you'd better get medical care. My lesson learned--eating is as important as drinking on a hot day.

[Kerosene]

I slacked SOBO up Bear Mountain on a humid morning in early June. Even though the temp was only 80F, I was sweating buckets. My brand new, expensive Patagonia wicking shirt was worthless (and frankly it's never worked as well as my DuoFolds). I would have been miserable with a full pack.

I sweat a lot, and my feet sweat even more (ugh!). It's a lot nicer to hike in mid- to late-Fall.

[Del Q]

I am really enjoying Merino wool tee's, do NOT smell after days, dry fast, as nice to wear in hot and cold weather. I get soaked with sweat, try to wash up most nights.

[Cutty]

sure we all sweat while hiking, but the more we sweat the more
we need to add extra fuel. reason is while we deplete our blood
sugar we also deplete our hydration! try it some time, eat extra
fuel while working out on the trail. it will make us sweat less!
cutty

[ike1985]

I used to sweat alot when i was a bodybuilder at 205, now im 155 after a few years of jiu jitsu, and i dont sweat much.

[freefall]

I love hiking out west because the sweat actually evaporates.

HA! One day on the CT I was still able to wring out my shirt at the end of the day!

[Gramps]

Remember Welcome Back, Kotter? I could be the leader of the Sweat Hogs! (Never understood that term as hogs do not sweat)

[drastic_quench]

I'm sweating now just from typing. But seriously, I've always sweated buckets with the slightest temp change or physical effort. It came in handy when I needed to cut weight for wrestling.

Actually, I probably sweat the normal amount or a little more on my body, but my forehead sweats faster and heavier than a kitchen faucet.

[Maddog]

frickin buckets!