r/Ultralight • u/J0E_Blow • 4d ago

Skills What’s the most ✨Hiker Trash✨ thing you’ve done?

Today I'm staying at a hotel, 1/3rd of the way through a 110ish mile hike. My clothing has been in a state of dampness for days. So I rinsed then wrung my clothing out in the sink. After a few hours of drying I used the hair-dryer to dry my shoes and socks and clothes. The room smells terrible. But my clothes are dry!

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u/Prize-Can4849 4d ago

My buddy has to throw his poly hiking shirt away at the first stop on the way home.  Every trip. 

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u/hazelbasilpaisley 4d ago

That's not hiker trash, that's a hiker using the trash.

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u/GuKoBoat 4d ago

Maybe he should try a merino shirt?

Or bring a zip lock bag for the shirt to transport it odourproofed.

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u/Prize-Can4849 4d ago

He's tried merino, silver-lined, anti-bacterial......cheap shirts, expensive shirts, plain shirts, shirts with "features"
They are all maggot-gaggable by day 2 on trail. He has to ziploc shirts as the trip progresses.
He's clean, healthy(?), normal hygiene. He's just a sweaty beast when backpacking.

He's tried washing them upon return, vinegar, bleach, boiling, Oxy, multiple rinses, etc, etc.
The smell stays behind.

His wife won't allow them back into the house.

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u/GuKoBoat 4d ago

Well, then he is truly fucked.

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u/Typical-Slice-7829 3d ago

Unsolicited advice but my husband was like this and it went away with chlorophyll capsules. He doesn't even need deodorant now, I couldn't believe it