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Post by jj on Feb 24, 2016 17:10:44 GMT -8
My hubby (aka: BFF) & I have generally gone on 3-4 day hikes which are easy to just bring clothes for... We are planning a hike thru the Olympics (7 days due to washouts). I'm wondering how many changes of socks/unders/t-shirts more experienced folks recommend? We are following rivers for the most part so we will have easy access to wash items but PNW isn't the best for drying stuff (rains a lot). Thank you!!
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Post by reuben on Feb 24, 2016 17:20:33 GMT -8
Wear one set. Have another set (socks, shoes, underwear, shirt, pants) as backup, changing into at night, one to wear while the other dries after washing, etc.
Extras, depending on weather, may be a warm jacket, rain jacket, fleece, chullo, gloves, etc., but I don't count them.
But for me, one change. It worked fine during 4.5 weeks in South America.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 24, 2016 17:50:18 GMT -8
I don't bother with spare outer cloths, if I need a spare shirt I've got my base layer. So it's socks and underwear for me. Minimum of three pair of socks as those MUST be clean and dry. Or. Else.
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Post by hikerjer on Feb 24, 2016 17:53:45 GMT -8
One change of clothes works for me, although I usually just take one pair of pants. Except for socks. I absolutely hate wet feet, and they could well be an issue in the Olympics. I always take two extra pair of socks.
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Post by Westy on Feb 24, 2016 19:06:10 GMT -8
(1) fast drying underwear briefs (1) pair of ultra-light fast drying socks
That's it!
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Post by tigger on Feb 24, 2016 19:09:11 GMT -8
I'm a PNW hiker. I hike in one set of base layers and have a clean set for camp.
I wear one set of socks for hiking, bring a clean pair for camp, and a third set for next day. When I get to camp, I wash the set I wore and put on a clean set. I bring my damp clean socks to bed with me to help dry them out (same for undies). That way, I pretty much always have clean dry gear. I've brought four pair of socks on occasion for winter border seasons when I know it's going to be a soggy trip.
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Post by snappypepper on Feb 24, 2016 19:17:09 GMT -8
I am stinky and don't like being stinky (or wet!). For 4 days in Yosemite I carried 2 extra shirts (super light technical tank tops) and 1 extra pair of shorts. 2 pairs of socks, 3 pair of underwear. That's in addition to a down jacket and a lightweight pair of leggings for at camp. I just switched my outfits every day and would put my already worn items out to air when we made camp. If I weren't a sweaty, stinky person I could probably get by with less, but if I tried now, no one would like me even at the end of 3 days.
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Post by zeke on Feb 24, 2016 19:24:23 GMT -8
After 3 days, all of us are stinky. No one can smell anyone else. I wear 1 full set, and carry a set of dry. 3 pr socks total. For 7 days in the PNW, that should be plenty.
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Post by hikerjer on Feb 24, 2016 20:01:25 GMT -8
As far as the grunge factor goes, it's really not an issue with me until I get out and am around people. Then I, and they, become very conscious of it. I always have fresh clothes in the car to change into when I get out from a long trip even before I shower.
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Post by idahobob on Feb 24, 2016 20:09:05 GMT -8
Me too, wear one set and carry one set, wash a set at camp. Swim in lakes when possible, wet wipes at night, wash w wash cloth and soap once in a while. A set = nylon t shirt, nylon underwear, thick wool blend socks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 5:23:28 GMT -8
I go with the cloths I am wearing and the cloths as part of my 10E's. I wear the 10E cloths for sleeping. The longer your backpacking trip the more food you will be carrying the greater your pack weight. The larger the pack load the lower the milage. It is really up to you how much gear weight you are wanting to carry.
Guessing, a washed out road, you are going up the DoseWallops?
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Post by daveb on Feb 25, 2016 6:38:17 GMT -8
Is it true that wool garments don't hold body odor like synthetic fabrics?
Also, if washing clothes in a stream, what do you use for detergent?
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Post by tigger on Feb 25, 2016 6:45:40 GMT -8
Is it true that wool garments don't hold body odor like synthetic fabrics? Also, if washing clothes in a stream, what do you use for detergent? Some synthetics are worse than others. Polyprolene tend to be the worst for me. Capiliene in general has been better. Yes, I have the least stink with wool. I've noticed silver threaded clothing also to be better. Not sure if it really is the silver or just the material they use. I didn't like the feel of it though so I haven't worn it in a while. For me, it's more about the quick dry and feel of the clothing. In regards to stream washing, I just use friction/sand/moss - no detergent. It works just fine for me.
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Post by jj on Feb 25, 2016 7:04:09 GMT -8
I go with the cloths I am wearing and the cloths as part of my 10E's. I wear the 10E cloths for sleeping. The longer your backpacking trip the more food you will be carrying the greater your pack weight. The larger the pack load the lower the milage. It is really up to you how much gear weight you are wanting to carry. Guessing, a washed out road, you are going up the DoseWallops? Getting dropped off at North Fork and coming out at Whiskey Bend on the long trip. But yes, we are taking our boys (17 & 15) to Enchanted Valley over Anderson Pass end of June/beg of July now both ends Graves Creek Road & Dose are currently washed out.
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Post by cweston on Feb 25, 2016 7:04:41 GMT -8
For me, 3 pair of socks, 2 pair of quick-drying underwear (one for the trail, one for camp). I usually take 2 shirts for summer trips: a tech t-shirt for the trail and a long sleeve lightweight merino or capilene base layer for camp and sleeping.
I wouldn't pack any more of anything except food, fuel, and TP for a 7-day trip vs a 3-day trip.
On a 7-day trip, I try to wash the trail undies and shirt at least once. (No soap.)
Tigger got it exactly right on the relative stink factor of different fabrics.
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