Originally Posted by VernAK
I've got a pile of merino and I use the regular wash cycle with cold water and usual laundry soaps with no problems and some of it is 6-7 years old. Dry on medium heat.

One precaution:
After fishing a cold and wet day, I removed a new set of Smartwool and threw bot pieces in the tent vestibule before donning dry clothes.

Next morning, that set of underwear [$200] was full of large holes where mice/shrews chewed their way through. Hang em up!


LOL, I had the shoulder straps and waist belt of a Dana Astralplane chewed to pieces in the Tetons, critters love the sweat salt.


mike r

Don't wish it were easier
Wish you were better

Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that.
Craig Douglas ECQC