Backpacking Hygiene: How To Stay CLEAN and Comfortable

[@OutdoorTherapy2020]

This is a subject that should be talked about more often! So glad you did.

[@ItsAdventureTime1]

love the way you just go right at the awkward stuff. You're the guy in a meeting that ask the question everyone is thinking but are afraid to ask.

[@neemancallender9092]

I carry a folding bowl and two wash cloths One for my body the other for neather areas and feet Sea to Summit leaf soap Super lightweight and non messy 50 leaves in a package This system also launders my underpants and tee shirts 1/4 sheet of soap is good for after bathroom with a small amount of water Been using this method for donkeys years

[@EricTheDane]

Great video. I'd amend this with, "pack out all your paper, regardless if it is biodegradable." I've seen way too much paper that has been dug up by animals or in too-shallow holes. Might also be good to help people understand how much paper to use and how to use it. I can usually get by with 4-8 squares each use. Use less, then you can pack out less (or leave less, if you must).

[@lauriebloggs8391]

Pack out all solid waste............cat holes are seldom big or deep enough, especially on rocky terrain

[@moe_1886]

Some great little tips Justin. Like the Swedish Cloth and toothpaste tablets, so might see if I can get a hold of these down here in Oz. Cheers Mate.

[@worstuserever]

Justin, yours is the best outdoors advice channel. You discuss everything, cover it so well, and most importantly can clearly be trusted. I'm trying to take my hiking and camping up a few levels and my kit upgrade list is populated with items based on your recommendations. Also paying close attention to your guidance and experience. Thank you for all this excellent work.

[@JustinOutdoors]

Thanks! That means a lot! Awesome to hear that my videos are helping you take things up a level as that's a big goal of mine with the channel!

[@rok6203]

these toothpaste tablets are awesome, started to use them after one of your videos. Thanks

[@musingwithreba9667]

Whoa Justin that smoke is CRAZY! I hope the fires don't delay your trip or cause you lung damage while you're out there. We've got a lot of fires in Ontario as well and the smoke is blowing nearly 2000km down to Toronto. It's not good. I'm going out for a 5 day trip this weekend and taking eye drops and throat spray with me because of smoke. Be safe! Happy trails 😊

[@JustinOutdoors]

It's actually just fog/clouds! It was a crystal clear weekend!

[@melissah3640]

@@JustinOutdoors Very important subject. Thanks for doing a video on it. You should produce your own products.

[@IPv6Freely]

Two great sanitation items I keep in my kit: dehydrated towel tabs. They weigh next to nothing and they work well. Just add water! Second, I keep a couple of dog poop bags in my poop kit to put my trash in. It's nice because, well, you can't see whats inside them. Oh and regarding the bidet, get something like HydraPak softflask that is easier to squeeze than a typical water bottle.

[@petesantana7302]

Great info and I always wonder what to get for the trip. Did you really show with shorts on? That was funny. Thank you man let me gets the products. What a great ideas

[@_68niou1]

You're looking lean man! Workouts and hikes are working! Great tips too. Thanks!

[@brooksvenuti7490]

That thumbnail got me feelin some type of way

[@robertcolby8227]

Excellent Tips!!!! 🏆

[@BackcountryForward]

I gave up on the bidet after one use. I had to use just as much TP to dry off as I would have had to to wipe down. Plus I use a wet paper towel tab to tidy things up afterwards. But that soap has been a game changer! I’ve used it for clothes, hands, face, I have yet to use it on my poopy butt though. Where’d you get that little tube you have it in?

[@DoseofDirt]

Dude, this is a SUPER helpful video. So many good (and light!) ideas here to just make everything clean. Also, you have a skill of talking about poop without making it weird. 💩😆😆

[@beebopcola]

Great practical advise! Thanks!

[@BeatriceFiona]

Thank you so much for this vid! I’m about to go on a cycling trip and I need this info! Do you know if there’s a universal kind of soap for body and clothes possibly that I can use/exists?

[@jshalvorsen3D]

BEST THUMBNAIL EVER!

[@Mr_J_J]

Great content Justin! I still feel the TP is “old school” and necessitates bringing a bulky item that needs to be packed out or buried and puts your hand in much more fecal contaminated areas than using a travel bidet. And as an added bonus you get a bath as well. A much more elegant solution in IMHO, and worst case it would need a few sheets of TP or a towelette, or half of a lightload towel. Pun not intended! LNT for life! Thank you!

[@bucky716]

Everyone should have a bidet on their home toilet as well! A decent one is less than $100 and can be installed by anyone who knows how to use a screw driver.

[@chrismetcalf1261]

Watched the last couple stops from Robson to Kakwa of someone doing the GDT and it looked rough. Just watching that part I wish you good luck on the whole trip. Going to be a doozy

[@NL-in1eq]

Funny, the Swedish cloth looks just like a German Schwammtuch we use in the kitchen, cut in half. I use tent tabs even at home. So much less water that needs to be shipped around. You talk about soap not getting Directly to the water, thanks for addressing that. One more thing that people always do hiking and no one talkes about the the even worse trace than soap is the use of permethrin. Would be great if you could make a video about it

[@alexcote8811]

Nice video! What’s the orange jacket? Looks sweet!

[@JustinOutdoors]

EE Torrid Apex! geni.us/TorridApex

[@BackpackingwithBuckley]

Love the thumbnail bud! Enjoyed the video too!

[@journeyman7189]

Hygiene is so important on the trail. What container did you put your dry soap in? Nate

[@JustinOutdoors]

Was just a dollar store little squeeze thing :)

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Man, you have a lot of content that I tend to stumble on. Great content, Justin. I'm aspiring to a similar career path. lol. So that's soap you say, and not detergent? Thanks.

[@JustinOutdoors]

I had to look up the difference, but it is soap, not detergent.

[@adamrperkins]

I noticed a hazy background… you getting smoke from the Oregon fires? We had some down here in Utah the past few days, but today has cleared up some.

[@musingwithreba9667]

There are several hundred fires burning in Western Canada, the smoke is from that.

[@JustinOutdoors]

It was mostly fog/clouds in this video! Slight haze from the fires in British Columbia but it was actually pretty clear on this trip!

[@yessplease347]

Those thermal synthetic base layers are great but the don't half start stinking

[@mrridikilis]

Before leaving on your hike, consider doing some trimming in the appropriate area; you'll thank me! Less hair equals fewer places for things to stick.

[@charityanderson8327]

What size Poopmoji Bag is that?

[@Backpacksandtrails]

What kind of mic setup are you using in this video? Thanks

[@JustinOutdoors]

Rode Wireless Go

[@oacy16]

subscribed

[@AnetteChristiansen]

Poopy-butt is my new favourite word!:)

[@ironpig701]

TP should be either packed out or burned. Other than that another great video

[@JustinOutdoors]

Packing out everything is definitely always the best but burying deeply in a cathole is still a generally accepted method and endorsed by LNT.org. These days, people are discouraged from burning their TP due to the potential for starting forest fires.

[@MattyOutdoors]

clicked video, hoping for slow motion shower scene. colour me dissapointed.

[@musingwithreba9667]

😂😂

[@hermeticallysealed]

meat teeth Meat Teeth MEAT TEETH

[@agnostichaos]

Not poopy butt!!!

[@johnnyjayzeboomboomroom9163]

Can you use ocean water please don’t laugh at me Lol

[@lakorai2]

Dude put your shirt on you're scaring the chick's away =)

[@jeffpeters5347]

Good video Justin. BUT DUDE! I can’t un-see that thumbnail image. Never do that again. Never.

[@katidebolt9989]

PLEASE tell people to pack out TOILET PAPER as well! When it rains it floats to the top of the soil and no one wants to see it, especially on heavily populated trails.