Archive for December 17th, 2007

The secret to my immaculate appearance, albeit fleeting.

Monday, December 17th, 2007

On this summer’s PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) hike, nobody ever accused me of being too clean to be a thru-hiker. Instead, the comment I most often garnered was, “Wow, you look like you’ve been out there for awhile.� The longest I went without washing my clothes was 450 miles. That’s a record for me.

Even after washing, my clothes still looked dirty. I found that if I washed them twice, they looked a lot better after the second wash.