I was looking at an old debate on nude hiking in the northeast in this forum. I have solo hiked nude for years in the Whites. Doing so, I have learned a lot, including the fact that my skin is the best outdoor equipment ever made. It is a great raincoat, and it wicks off sweat better than polypro. The freedom of the hills imparted by a nude hike is considerable. Because I do not want to meet others on the trail while I am nude, many of these hikes are bushwacks. While on the trail, I find I am hypersensitive to sound while nude, and can most always hear someone coming. If I am near civilization, or am unsure of the presence of others, I hold my hiking trunks in my hand, ready to put on.
In the old debate in this forum, one person was dead against hiking nude. An encounter offended his wife once in a park in Conn. That person would never see me nude hiking. I would hear him and his wife coming a mile off.
In the prestegious but conservative journal of the AMC called Appalachia, once a female editor, in her introductory editorial, said something like this concerning a similar suburban hike- "By the way, I encountered a nude man hiking." Her impression was of an entirely innocent and natural act. She didn't dwell on it.
seenoevil
In the old debate in this forum, one person was dead against hiking nude. An encounter offended his wife once in a park in Conn. That person would never see me nude hiking. I would hear him and his wife coming a mile off.
In the prestegious but conservative journal of the AMC called Appalachia, once a female editor, in her introductory editorial, said something like this concerning a similar suburban hike- "By the way, I encountered a nude man hiking." Her impression was of an entirely innocent and natural act. She didn't dwell on it.
seenoevil