what is the longest you have gone without a shower?
 

whooosh! a friend and i went camping (another pelican guy)..

6 days of strenuous hiking, sweating..campfire smoke, cigar smoke.. rock climbing (attempts). it was brutal. sweaty, nasty one minute..freezing cold the next. rain, wind..sunshine. we saw it all. 6 days of no running water. i think i could have gone a few more days. but believe me, when i got into that shower it was WONDERFUL! i wanted to simple green myself.

this morning i got in to move my truck. and i got a whiff of what we must have smelled like..i laughed. the poor granola, hippie girl serving us that first real meal must have just about died. (she was adorable).

i admit i cheated a bit. i did hit some strategic locations with a wetnap. and i did run my head under some FREEZING ICY water from a jug.

my record is 8 days. you?

Shower is unimportant. I must brush my teeth everyday tho.

I've gone about 2 weeks, also camping/canoeing, but we did go swimming. We did wash hands for dinner.

A little over 2 weeks (Army). Backpacking, I always try and absorb as much campfire and cigar smoke. Keeps the bugs away.

You have got me beat, I went 5 days camping at the beach, but I was in the ocean every day. Still, I was never happier to see a shower when I got home, and when I did my laundry a couple days later, I was appalled at the odor.
I have a deadhead friend who rarely showers. For a while, I thought that Patchouli was what your body would naturally smell like if you gave up bathing .

Where did you guys go and didn't you freeze your cajones off?

I don't think I've ever gone more than 3 days without a shower or bath, but I've led a sheltered life.

we were at joshua tree. my first attempt at outdoor rock climbing..dont ask.

i stunk at it. :)

5 days but that included a couple of washes in the streams in back of Mammoth. It was a 10 day backpacking trip. When we got to Mammoth, we road on a bus (we hitch hiked across the sierra) and people moved away from us slowly. I smell the laundry when I got out of the shower and it was like an animal died in the house.

Climbing, 21 days on Denali, 26 days on Aconcagua. Nothing but a few handi-wipes in between. Washed hands though at every opportunity.

Did you pay your respects to Gram at Cap Rock?

Maybe ten days, certainly no more than two weeks. But it was winter, and I wasn't working. During a three month stay at the Toyota motel.
Jim

12 days in New Zealand.

About 8 weeks... (Army exercise)

But that's with a daily "top and tail" wash. (1 litre of water only)

It's not such a big deal and when you return home you have a heightened sense of smell ;)

17 days around Mt. Whitney and the upper Kern. After about a week you don't smell yourself anymore.

As a kid, I don't even want to know, I remember if I was bored I could lightly dig in with my nails and play tick tack toe on my arms, that how long it was between showers. SmileWavy

About 23 hours, always fresh as a daisy!

A week. When backpacking I do like to freshen up each day or at least every other day. In fact, I can just about do what a shower would do, with a washrag and a bowl of warm water. I am not hairy.

I take about 3 showers per day: Morning, after my run, and before bed. If I don't run, I still take two showers per day.


When I was 12, my Boy Scout troop went to a cabin near Hell, Michigan, and I went a day without a shower. I stunk! On two occasions, I have done "dual crew" flights on the 747, and I spent over 24 hours on that airplane [yes, according to the Federal Aviation rules, that is legal. And some people even think that sort of thing is safe~], where there is no shower. I stunk.

I wear a lot of deodorant, but no matter how tired I am when I get to the hotel room at 7 AM after flying all night for my airline, I ALWAYS take a quick spray off in the shower. I can't sleep otherwise!

I hardly ever get coughs, colds, and haven't had the flu since I was a kid. I'm convinced that my running and my careful hygiene are responsible for this.

N!

12 days at Philmont....