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It's incredibly weather-dependent. I bicycled the width of Nevada over 5 days from Yosemite NP to St George UT, and was basically fine. Sweat evaporated immedia
by mauvehaus 2y ago
It's incredibly weather-dependent. I bicycled the width of Nevada over 5 days from Yosemite NP to St George UT, and was basically fine. Sweat evaporated immediately.
A couple years ago, my wife and I thru-hiked the Long Trail and got one (1) shower in 20 days. It was pretty rough despite availing ourselves of every opportunity to get a dip in a stream or pond (no soap). A day or two removed from a shower, we both felt pretty scuzzy. Everything got greasy and gross.
For context, we both thru-hiked the AT before we met; we are used to going without showers for days at a stretch. 10 was too many in the early summer humidity.
- LiquidPolymer 2y agoI had a project with NPS photographing salamanders and part of the territory was along the Appalachian Trail. I'll never forget this couple who had clearly been on the trail for a extended time because they stunk. Like 20 feet away and the stink was still powerful - and this was outside. Yet I respect the gumption it takes to do this trail during the humid summer.
- mauvehaus 2y agoYeah, we get pretty ripe :-) After a month or two, the smell is pretty well settled into everything. Nothing really gets clean until it's had three or four trips through the wash. It should be added that synthetic fabrics stink differently from natural ones too. Don't know why, but it's not a stink most folks are accustomed to.