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Joe packing: shirt & shorts for fishing, shirt & shorts for not fishing, backup footwear (incase the one's on get wet), underwear (minimum clean #days/2 + 1). :D

Have you ever long trekked, Joe?
 
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Tin Man said:
Joe packing: shirt & shorts for fishing, shirt & shorts for not fishing, backup footwear (incase the one's on get wet), underwear (minimum clean #days/2 + 1). :D

Have you ever long trekked, Joe?
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They’re in an AirBnB. Most likely with a washer and dryer! 😁 That actually looks like a perfectly reasonable packing list.

It took a lot of beach trips where I had to remind myself “There’s a Walgreens; there’s a Food Lion” to stop bringing silly stuff Just In Case.
 
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If you've long trekked, then likely you've known putting on soiled clothes after bathing your body. Sometimes you can launder, sometimes you can't.
 
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Tin Man said:
If you've long trekked, then likely you've known putting on soiled clothes after bathing your body. Sometimes you can launder, sometimes you can't.
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Yeah, I did 24-ish days of Outward Bound in the Colorado Uncompahgres. I have definitely long trekked, and I’ve definitely put dirty clothes back on. We just didn’t have that bathing option. 🤪 (Other than the occasional wash cloth and pan of stream water)
 
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VolNExile said:
Yeah, I did 24-ish days of Outward Bound in the Colorado Uncompahgres. I have definitely long trekked, and I’ve definitely put dirty clothes back on. We just didn’t have that bathing option. 🤪 (Other than the occasional wash cloth and pan of stream water)
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^^ This was summer of ‘73 (‘74?); definitely back in the John Denver days. And I’m still unapologetically proud of doing it, and the whole John Denver vibe. 3+ weeks above treeline; mosses, alpine wildflowers, and yes, the marmots. And woo-hoo, no disco music!

The Professionally Serious Outdoors People, aka obnoxious, condescending jock braggarts, did NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School.) We weenies did Outward Bound.

Weenies included 60+ pound backpacks, lowest altitude 8.000’, 12,000’+ peak ascents, ice traversing, 3-day solos (heaven for this INTP; dear God, please get me away from these other 1-woman-and-12-guys and let me just chill), rock climbing and rappelling, retreating to an abandoned silver mine for 2+ days in a surprise early September blizzard, and way more Dinty Moore beef stew and boxed mac ‘n’ cheese than any human should ever endure.

I would do it again in a heartbeat, if a helicopter could winch me down to camp.
 
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Tin Man said:
Joe packing: shirt & shorts for fishing, shirt & shorts for not fishing, backup footwear (incase the one's on get wet), underwear (minimum clean #days/2 + 1). :D

Have you ever long trekked, Joe?
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I spent several days in the mountains in Kentucky with nothing but what I had on as far as clothes 🤣
 
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VolNExile said:
*stolt
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They're probably worried at enterprise. I normally don't get their insurance, or roadside service. After driving around down there and seeing how they drive, I did this time. He was telling me how everything would be covered, if something happened they'd bring another vehicle no questions asked etc. I asked him was he sure everything was covered, and no questions asked, he said yes, and I said that's good to know. The look he gave me 🤣
 
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