Camp Relaxing Cloths.

[John Sheridan]

You have just finished a hard day off bush walking and or fishing and you want to relax, you have your tent up and your fish cooking away and your water boiling for your tea.

What are you wearing now, I am assuming you have a fire going or at least cooking you meal and their is no massive thunderstorm going with 50kms winds and a windchill factor of -100c, you know a nice evening

I know I want my heavy boots off, but what to replace them with. I would think i would place some microfirbe pants and a top on over my thermal gear, this would also be ok to sleep in as well I guess

I know when I get home from work, the first thing I want to do is get out of my work gear, could not fathom being in my work gear for seven days straight

Just like to pick your brains.

Cheers.

[flyfisher]

For the feet, the Strollers choice is the cheap Crocs, the $5-$15 jobbies which weigh between 250-300 gms, comfy and well ventilated.

Fleece pants and a fleece top usually completes the job.

Choice is very weather and temp. dependent though.

FF

[Nuts]

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no?... Crocs and fleece daks are good. I just bought some down pants but people give me odd looks, they are comfy though

[marangaroo86]

Nuts I had a pink one but people gave me weird looks.

Nice !!!

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So I got a yellow one, great attracts the chicks

Good Times

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But scared the children

Dont cry

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I ened up here

I sould has stuck with the pink one

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[marangaroo86]

John Now tobe more serious.
I only wear what I walk in. Keeps the weight down.
I keep a clean set of top and bottom for sleeping in.
Summer lite t shirt and boxers.
Winter Lite Thermals.
Now footwear. I like to explore a bit, so light crocs are good.
But Im interested in what people wear on there feet in winter, Bown booties, fleece socks,????
Also interested in what people wear on there feet in there bags in the winter and if they have some form of waterproof cover for calls of nature at night

[gayet]

On feet in winter - I have recently purchased a pair of Feathered Friends Down booties. These are a 2 piece item, with a down bootie that can be used in the sleeping bag but not for walking around the camp, and a water resistant and more solid sole over-bootie, that obviously fits over the down bootie, for campsite wanders etc. They were great in the office when the aircon was malfunctioning!

I also have thick wool socks and thin wool socks and some Sealskins 'waterproof' socks. Haven't tried the Sealskins yet. Around camp I might use thin socks in booties, to keep the booties a bit cleaner, the others are for walking.

[pazzar]

I dont go too extreme without carrying too much weight. I throw on a dry top, and normally a down jacket, and I wear MD Glacier pants. They are great as they have a thin fleece lining, cut the wind chill and weigh next to nothing. Depending on conditions i may also wear some thermals. I carry a pair of light runners for around camp as well. Nothing worse than getting around camp in your wet boots, or as was the case for me a few weeks ago, frozen boots!

[weetbix456]

So I got a yellow one, great attracts the chicks

But scared the children

haha. this made me laugh. nothing beats a haggard old pair of vollies for me and always keep a pair of socks just for sleeping

[norts]

Just loosen my boots, if boots are wet seal skinz socks. When I am sitting around on warm days, give the feet a good airing
Only time I carry cheap crocs is where there are huts ie OT.
I usually walk in shorts and carry a pair of long pants, use them when in scrub, cant stand pushing through bush, with bare knees, escpecially when its wet. Most times just change into whatever i wasnt walking in.
Clothes I carry specifically for camp only would be the seal skinz, pair of warm socks for sleeping and down jacket

Roger

[davidmorr]

Maybe you had to be there, but all that seems a lot of clobber.

I walk in shorts and l/s shirt. If it gets cold I put on a jumper. If it gets colder than that, on go the thermals. Colder than that then rainwear. Colder than that, go to bed.

At night, for around the fire, wear shorts, shirt thermal top and jumper. Rarely need any more.

For sleeping, thermal top, undies and beany. Never needed socks - I have a good sleeping bag (J&H Bushlite Super from nearly 30 years ago).

Sometimes take sandals, but usually only if I think I will have to cross creeks. Otherwise my boots usually stay dry.

Last year near Walls of Jerusalem in April, I wore the same. Mind you it was cold, and we went to bed by 6:30 each night. :-/

Now maybe I have become acclimatised to cold. Many years ago I heard a dermatologist on the radio talking about dry skin. He said that most of us sleep too warm and that dries out the skin. We put on lots of blankets in winter, then don't take them off as it warms up. So we are used to this level of warmth, and get acclimatised to it.

He suggested that in spring, take off most of the blankets. You will feel cold but you will not be cold. After about 6 weeks, your body will have adjusted and you will no longer feel cold.

It works. I now sleep with just a cotton blanket in winter, except occasionally I add a doona when it is exceptionally cold.

I suspect this is why I don't feel the cold so much when bushwalking.

BUT there may be a disadvantage. I now find that hot weather affects me more than it used to. I had thought this was just because I was getting old, but maybe it is because I have acclimatised to the cooler temperatures.