I have a couple of very light daypacks that I use for overnights. I generally hike in light short running shorts if I am going a distance that I need a pack. Just dont want to worry about explaining being nude on a public trail. A shirt and hat added if lots of open fields, have had skin cancers cut out, no fun. In general I will hike in to a location where I can setup my hammock and get comfortable, leaving pack and most everything but my Xeros and a water bottle there. I walk and explore within a mile or less of camp where I can be comfortably nude and after a while I determine whether the sandals are even needed. I quit heavy hiking boots for our region many years ago, no need for me. I now use Xero sandals if thorns are an issue, lightweight and airy. Have walked thousands of miles(by Fitbit) barefoot in the fields and woods, occasionally picking a thorn but thats about it. Quit frame packs too, unless going more than a few days. Heavy day packs are miserable, no support from the hips. Really can go light when its warm and you only have t shirt, shorts and sandals. I also dont eat a lot, I aint gonna starve over a weekend. oatmeal, ramen with a chunk of cheese and jerky, and tea bags suffice along with a bag of hi calorie trail mix. Bud lite stove... dang I cant wait till it warms up!
The trails are either pretty tight, or in bid woods. In the first case you are in full, direct sight of anyone you meet , right now. In the second, you can see clearly for a couple hundred yards, and have intersecting trails. I am less bothered by the light shorts than the waist band of the pack, and I dont have any worry of covering. A Kilt would work as well, but the ones I have tried are heavier and thicker around my waist than the shorts. If I am only walking a few miles I carry and wear nothing, but the places I can do that are deep into the forest or around the house. Linerless running shorts are the best compromise I have found for my circumstances. No problem with muddy boots, just muddy toes:)
Most of my nude hiking requires water at least, and sunscreen or bug spray and some clothes. A backpack is my option for transporting. I love it when I can just throw my shorts in the pack, it depends on where (vs carrying shorts or sarong). And the pack does lighten as water disappears.
I agree that it can feel a little tedious. Getting to a distant spot where I can put everything down and run around bare, maybe hike another half mile "without a net" is such a delight.
Such are the burdens of the nude hiker. Oh well, at least we know the joy of it, while most folks never do.
Oh I agree its always better to hike totally nude. But here in Arizona we never know what kind of snake or scorpion you will run into. Not to mention eating water. Usually where we go hiking its quite rocky so you need to need a cushion to lay on. But after you get to the pools in the slot canyon. Everybody hikes around to meet each other With nothing on. Its great
Clothes? I don't take any clothes when I day-hike nude. Tevas and sometimes a hat is all I ever take with me. I tank up on water before the hike so I don't have to carry anything. For longer hikes, I have a camel water pack. :)
Where do you hike that yo are confident enough to have noting to use for cover in the case of an unexpected encounter?
I have a few places I can drop everything and just carry a water bottle at most. A couple are clothing-optional private property, and the others are public land with access through our land or friends' land. Sometimes when I am in the wilderness I will drop everything and hike to some destination like a hilltop. This adds a bit of danger to being naked in nature. You need to be able to find your stuff again., which isn't always easy.
In Florida, except for a few counties, simple nudity is not illegal if not accompanied by lewd behavior. When I camp in the Everglades National Park, I always go in warm weather when few if anyone else are around. I walk the beaches without anything except maybe sandals. I have encountered people a few times, but no one has acted upset. A few have gone skinny dipping right after meeting me.
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