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Most people don't have nearly that good luck. I'm fortunate that they just don't like me as much as some of the people I've done week+ hiking/camping trips wit
by majormajor 1y ago
Most people don't have nearly that good luck.
I'm fortunate that they just don't like me as much as some of the people I've done week+ hiking/camping trips with. I was ok with deet. Some folks still got dozens of bites even after it.
- WalterBright 1y agoI think you overlooked the mention of sunscreen.
- majormajor 1y agoNo? We all wore that too... but unless we're all just weirdos and sunscreen == bug repellant for the whole rest of the world in a way it never has for us (and is not advertised as), it just seemed irrelevant. The sunscreen kept us from being bright red and in pain for the last 6 days of the trip. The mosquitos gave zero fucks about it. I would bet that the lucky person whose "body oil and sweat seems to do the job" isn't the representative person here...
- WalterBright 1y agoHe never said it was a mosquito repellent. Just that he wouldn't burn the second day of sweating while hiking, and only needed the sunscreen for the first.