Your best hiking tips

[Joker4ink]

Lets start compiling a list of your best hiking tips: Techniques, Gear, etc.

• A shoe lace makes a great belt. It's super light and shoes sometimes come with an extra set
• Glide Anti-Chaffe with the SPF is not just great with preventing blisters, it can be used as a sunscreen too
• If you carry toothpaste on the trail, squeeze some into a straw and use it when you need it.
• Use braided mason line from any harware store to guyout a tent. It has a high breaking strength and comes in fluorescent colors, making it very visable at night.

[Fog Horn]

Wearing pantyhose under your pants in cold weather makes you noticeable warmer and they're practically weightless

[SurferNerd]

Instead of overpriced bottles, use Gatorade bottles. They are easy to replace, durable, light, and they first contain a tasty drink!

[Blissful]

Honestly we had a thread like this a while back with tons of tips. Wonder if it is somewhere still; it was good.

[Roland]

Wearing pantyhose under your pants in cold weather makes you noticeable warmer and they're practically weightless

I've heard this before, but never had the sac to try it.

Yeah, sorry for the lousy pun.

[Walkintom]

It's true.

[Joker4ink]

Honestly we had a thread like this a while back with tons of tips. Wonder if it is somewhere still; it was good.

I did a search and did see some tips, particularly the thread regarding the boy scouts. The other tip thread mainly pertained to specific season - Winter hiking, or solo hiking. Figured I'd just start a general one so we can adapt these ideas when we need to.

[emerald]

Blissful may be thinking of a thread started by Moxie00.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12596

[Bags4266]

When it's cold wear warm clothes.

[Joker4ink]

Thanks, Emerald. I just searched "hiking tips" in the title and not necessarily the post itself. Maybe a moderation could move our tips and resurrect that thread.

[harryfred]

Hey everything has bee discussed here at one time or another.. It is good to refresh once in a while. My big tip is make a lot of short hikes, overnights and two or three dayers close to home and start dumping everything you did not use. except for emergency items.

[Wags]

pee with the wind, not against it

[leaftye]

Use very differently shaped pee and water bottles.

[HiKen2011]

pee with the wind, not against it

And don't dookey in the trail

[Deadpete]

-Take the twisted strands (core) out of the braided (mantle) of your parachute cord. It's still plenty strong enough and you ditch the weight of the strands.

-Drink your water if you've got it, no sense in dying with water left.

-Food is pretty much your last priority in a survival situation.

[jethro]

Use very differently shaped pee and water bottles.

And a very different shaped fuel bottle too.

[JaxHiker]

Wearing pantyhose under your pants in cold weather makes you noticeable warmer and they're practically weightless

I haven't worn pantyhose (full) but after talking with another hiker I did wear ankle high hose in place of liner socks on last weekend's hike. Much thinner and lighter but just enough to provide the same protection. No blisters or hot spots.

[spruce tree 42]

I haven't worn pantyhose (full) but after talking with another hiker I did wear ankle high hose in place of liner socks on last weekend's hike. Much thinner and lighter but just enough to provide the same protection. No blisters or hot spots.

Backpacked 3 weeks in Banf, Canadian Rockies and used this method. It surely works.

Football players in the 70's (think Steel curtain) would wear pantyhose for the exact same reasons -virtually invisible, warming layer-

[spruce tree 42]

Oh, and I should say I am 100% male

[Spokes]

- Ditch your paracord.......... 3mm cord is all you need to hang food or dry clothes on.

- Roll up your wind screen instead of folding it. It'll last longer.

- Reduce the likelihood of blisters by soaking your feet in strong tea solution 10-15 minutes a day about a week before a long hike. The tannins toughen the skin.

- Carry a titanium spoon (spork). The plastic ones just don't do well on a hard frozen pint of Ben & Jerry's