The other night I went out backpacking, set up my hammock about thirty feet away from a stream, and slept like a rock. When I woke up the next morning, my fly and hammock were coated with a thin frost, and the sun didn't seem to do much for it. Ready to get back on the trail, I shook my hammock and fly out best I could, packed them, and moved along. When I got home the next day I hung them to dry.

What I worry about are conditions that are often wet (like they are much of the time on the AT), and not having many good chances to dry things out. What do you do when you're on the trail for a few days and have to pack wet gear? Or do you know a way to avoid it? Or do you even worry about it?