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Do you take spare clothes hiking?
 
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cathyjc
01/08/11 08:54
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Cathjc's other half says:

The thought of walking in your undies pursued by a thousand starving midges isn't an encouraging one. Much though I like the idea of walking "au naturale" you have to be on your guard in Scotland for the wee beasties and a cover up layer is essential (full burka if necessary). Glad to say none of this needed while walking in the cairngorms this weekend in lovely sunny weather and so managed to get my knees brown (but still had a fleece with me just in case), got back to the bothy (Callater) and had a nice dip in the loch, and was just revelling in the fresh air on my skin when the breeze dropped and the beasties returned sending me scampering and whimpering for the bothy in search of clothes and a pipe to smoke the buggers out.
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DaFoot
01/08/11 09:28
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Some interesting opinions so far, thanks all.

I've been looking at the weight I've been carrying (compared to pack weights I've seen quoted) and think I should be able to reduce weights.

Yet to weigh everything but one option I considered was to reduce the amount of clothing I carry as spares. Always took the 'what if'approach to whether I should take clothes or not but feel it is less of an issue in the Peak District where I do most of my walking as it was on Dartmoor where I started my hiking.

I'll still keep spare socks/undies in the bag though.
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padstowe
01/08/11 12:31
I carry a spare base layer (top & bottom) & socks. To be honest i can only remember ever using the socks at certain times but i guess its just my mind set that i carry the base layer as well.
I do carry over trousers & use them, so when i get wet on the bottom half, as stated above i just throw the over trousers on top & it cuts out the wind chill.
I've thought about it for years about carrying spares on day walks, i know i don't really need them but it just makes me feel that little better, so i carry them.
So yeah i carry what ever extra weight for comfort thought.
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captain paranoia
01/08/11 12:59

> Do you take spare clothes hiking?

As with all things, it depends...

on the weather

on the location (and its isolation)

on the chance of needing spares

on the length of the trip

on the need for social niceties

etc...

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waldo
01/08/11 22:38
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The answer must be, just as only you can decide what's suitable

for you to wear,only you can decide what to carry as a spare item.

 What I do would'nt suite nine out of ten other walkers and vice versa.

  Cheers.

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Fata Morgana
04/08/11 18:47
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Watreproof over trews. These you can walk in with nothing under as required and they can be worn as extra clothes if it gets cold in the tent. They are useful when the Heavens open up too, as their name suggest.

Rotate:  1) Spare socks. Maybe spare 2) undies if you feel you need to rotate such things whilst on a trek and it gives you the opportunity to wash under-garments if it's a 3+ day trek. 3) Spare (HH in my case) base layer.

That's it. KISS

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