Make Your Backpacking Clothes?

[mochilero]

Find an old polypropylene thermal underwear top or bottom. Cut off a leg or sleeve, pull it over your head, mark where your eyes and mouth are with a pen. Cut the holes. You just made a balaclava.

Mine weighs an ounce. Sew the top shut or just shut it with a safety pin. Making clothes doesn't get much simpler than this.

Socks with five holes are good finger-less hand warmers.

Any other easy backpacking clothes ideas?

Steve

http://www.TheBackpackingSite.com

 

[ctenidae]

I'm sketchy about having my hiking socks on my feet, much less on my hands. Especially after I've worn them long enough to hole them.

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

Find an old polypropylene thermal underwear top or bottom. Cut off a leg or sleeve, pull it over your head, mark where your eyes and mouth are with a pen. Cut the holes. You just made a balaclava.

Mine weighs an ounce. Sew the top shut or just shut it with a safety pin. Making clothes doesn't get much simpler than this.

Socks with five holes are good finger-less hand warmers.

Any other easy backpacking clothes ideas?

Steve

http://www.TheBackpackingSite.com

Interesting stuff there steve. thanx....btw R U a Hippy?

 

[cbcbd]

You can use plastic bags or zip lock bags as vapor liners on your feet.

...and I guess since my raingear consists of a Mickey Mouse poncho (after I lost my Universal Studios poncho), you could say that I'd probably have no problem fashioning a poncho out of gargabe bags... but then again, the price difference between the two is probably minimal.