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  • #1286956
    Addison Page
    Member

    @nihilist_voyager

    Locale: Down the Rabbit Hole!

    Ok I've heard about this uh "holiday" off and on for awhile. I know there are some people who take naked hiking very seriously but to me it always seemed like something you tell newbie hikers to embarrass them or whatever.

    So is this day for real? Who here's a practicing member?

    #1852071
    Bob Bankhead
    BPL Member

    @wandering_bob

    Locale: Oregon, USA

    http://www.hikingnaked.com

    This is a bigger thing in Europe than here, but it is a tradition on the AT. While I've heard of it on the PCT, all the naked hikers I've met there were either bathing, sun-drying, or soaking in a hot spring.

    YMMV

    definitely HYOH, BYOA (bare your own _ _ _ ).

    #1852073
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    For whatever reason, people who shouldn't be hiking naked are invariably the ones who do. :(

    #1852083
    Bob Bankhead
    BPL Member

    @wandering_bob

    Locale: Oregon, USA

    @Ben: speak for yourself…..

    2 female hikers atop Kearsarge Pass on National Hike Naked Day

    nude 1

    #1852108
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "For whatever reason, people who shouldn't be hiking naked are invariably the ones who do."

    This reminds me of one more reason to hate mosquitos: They're never around when you need them. ;0]

    #1852122
    German Tourist
    BPL Member

    @germantourist

    Locale: in my tent

    There is no such a tradtion as "Hike Naked Day" in Europe, but some European countries like Germany have a century long tradition of naturism. Just recently a short naturist trail has opened in Germany where you can hike naked year round…. weather permitting.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1215505/Naked-hiking-trail-set-launch-Germany-naturists.html

    I have hiked on the AT, PCT and CDT during "hike naked day" but most hikers would just talk about it, but not actually do it – mostly due to mosquitoes and potential sunburn. Only occasionally you will see a naked hiker on that day.

    #1852133
    John S.
    BPL Member

    @jshann

    June 20, 2012. Get your gear ready.

    #1852138
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "June 20, 2012. Get your gear ready."

    And your DEET.

    #1852199
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    And sunscreen too.

    #1852204
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Don't forget a blindfold.

    #1852451
    Mark Ries
    Spectator

    @mtmnmark

    Locale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

    OK Ben so I gotta know… WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT PICTURE??? And BTW Bob you got a front veiw of that picture

    #1852459
    Bob Bankhead
    BPL Member

    @wandering_bob

    Locale: Oregon, USA

    @Mark:

    Ben's photo (correction: the photo which Ben posted)appears on the hikingnaked.com web site along with a couple of others.

    And even if I had the front view photo, which I don't, I certainly would not post it here.

    However, if you're really interested, you could always spend months hiking and hope to encounter that which you seek. Stranger things have happened, but that's another story and I didn't have a camera with me at the time.

    #1852463
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    @Mark — I actually first saw the photo at this thread here. Separately, according to this article, the photo was actually a German hiker caught (and fined) in Switzerland for hiking naked and making a nuisance of himself.

    #1852479
    D G
    Spectator

    @dang

    Locale: Pacific Northwet

    zardos

    I sweat a lot with much clothing so typically wear the above outfit.

    #1852484
    Ben F
    Member

    @tekhna

    Is that Sean Connery? Gah, my brain.

    #1852498
    Brad Fisher
    Spectator

    @wufpackfn

    Locale: NC/TN/VA Mountains

    I wouldn't recommend hiking naked in the southeast EVER. Remember Deliverance scene with Ned Betty. Just saying

    Brad

    #1852599
    Eric Blumensaadt
    BPL Member

    @danepacker

    Locale: Mojave Desert

    You MAY find a senior backpacker hiking nekked. But it's not on purpose of course, it's only because they forgot to dress that morning. It's merely one among other things they forgot, like leaving their tent behind.

    Have pity on the poor, forgetful senior. You'll be ther someday too – if you're lucky.

    BTW, I did hike nekked on the AT in Virginia in 1995 and I have the photo to prove it. Just sayn'…

    #1852621
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Not with nettles and devil's club on the side of the trail, and it would space a group out quite a bit ;)

    Years ago, we were headed up some switchbacks to find several 20-something women coming down the trail topless. It gave a whole new perspective to sternum strap design :D

    #1852698
    Lisa Frugoli
    BPL Member

    @alfresco

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Another view!

    #1852710
    Mark Ries
    Spectator

    @mtmnmark

    Locale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

    Bob Thanks anyway Ben Good comeback

    #1852745
    Todd G
    Spectator

    @todd-g

    Is this "skin out weight?"

    #1852939
    ben wood
    Member

    @benwood

    Locale: flatlands of MO

    Ike and Ben2 somehow both got my pic.

    WTF?

    #1853011
    Mark Ries
    Spectator

    @mtmnmark

    Locale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

    I kept going back and forth between bob and lisa's photos… Thats not the same pack is it? Bob? Lisa? can you shed some light

    #1853389
    Lisa Frugoli
    BPL Member

    @alfresco

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Not the same pack – not the same person. In the photo I posted, the pack it a GG Mariposa Plus. And it was taken on naked hiking day – June 21, 2010.

    #1853416
    Steven Paris
    BPL Member

    @saparisor

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Silly auto-correct. Mark meant to type "same crack?"

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