Hike In and Sleeping Clothes

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I saw it proven in military survival school, had to do it myself be fore I believed it. In a sleeping bag, your feet will be warmer without socks on. Something about the feet having lots of blood vessels near the skin, which is what is keeping your feet warm. Socks restrict the blood flow through these blood vessels, thus limiting how warm can get. But we were all believers before long.

 

[mallardsx2]

3 pairs of socks (Rotated every day)
3 pairs of underwear (Rotated every day)
2 pairs of insulated long johns (Rotated every day)
2 Long john shirts (Rotated every day)
1-hunting pant
1 hunting fleece

This lasted me for 14 days. I do a Colorado bird bath in my tent ever night.

I never felt dirty the entire time and I did some sweating this season.

I sleep in fresh clothes every night.

I do not carry additional clothes for the hike in. I cnance out and air dry whatever got sweaty.

Best case scenario, you had a mesh bad you could put your dirty clothes in a creek to get washed by nature for a few hours.

I'm never that lucky to be able to camp by a stream.

 

[BredWest]

I always sleep in a full coverage (longsleeve/longjohn/socks) light base layer. I prefer smartwool. This is both for comfort and to keep my bag clean. In the summer, when it's dry, dusty, and sweaty, these are dedicated extra clothing that I bring along.

In spring/fall seasons, I typically wear a longsleeve/longjohn base layer during the day, plus I carry one spare set. I rotate them out as I have a chance to dry them (or wash and dry if time and temps permit). My goal of course is to always have a dry and relatively clean set to sleep in.