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What you know about hygiene in the field can extend your outdoor adventures

What you know about hygiene in the field can extend your outdoor adventures

a smoke bath is one example of hygiene in the field

Introduction to hygiene in the field

One of the main questions I often get asked is around some form of hygiene in the field. Whether it is my teeth, hands, body or hair, there are solutions that are quick and easy fixes while you are out camping, hunting or just spending time outdoors. On a short, day trip it may not be as important, but hygiene in the field needs to be in the back of your mind at all times.

In World War I, soldiers found out quickly just how important hygiene in the field really was. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot they could do about some of it. Spending countless days in a wet, germ infested trench led to many of the men dying from illnesses that by today’s standards could have been prevented.

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