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> Can't you smell that smell?
> Lynyrd Skynyrd notwithstanding - when you are out on a multiday climb,
> how do you deal with the smell? You know, the one that wafts through
> the tent when you sit cross legged in front of your partners? How does
> one minimize that skanky odour?
I actually view it is an accomplishment to get as stinky as possible
during longer trips, so long as everyone else is stinky too (it
becomes a problem if you're the only one). Mmmm, gotta love that
smell when you reach up and get a whiff of your underarm after a week
of climbing. Or the putrid odour as you take off your one pair of
socks you brought on the trip and hang them in the tent to dry.
Although I find it much easier to get stinky on winter trips than on
summer trips, my personal best was a ten day trip this past summer to
the bugs with one pair of socks, two pairs of underwear, no tooth
brush (ok that was accidental and really kind of gross), and of course
a lifa shirt, mmmm. Unless you are on a trip with your significant
other, make it your goal to get as stinky as you can. It makes life
easier on the trip if you don't worry about it, plus it feels that
much better when you get back to civilization and get yourself all
pretty again.