What's the longest you've gone without a shower/bath. Why?
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If you swim in a pool every day, you don't need to really shower much.
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Couple months. Severe depression does that to me and all health care just stops. It's bad.
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A week is my usual. I know, I know, but my mental health is a lot worse than my body odour.
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First thing that comes to mind is spending a week camping on the shores of Lake Mead many years ago. Didn't shower for a week, though one could argue that being scoured by lake water when you either go flying off an inner-tube or make a mistake while water skiing, does a fine job of taking the dirt off.
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If you swim in a pool every day, you don't need to really shower much.
Counts as a bath in my book
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Two weeks while backpacking in New Mexico (unless you count getting rained on every day as a shower)
Yup, same. 2 weeks while backpacking. I did have a washcloth, of course.
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Several months now. Maybe a year. Long Covid with ME/CFS has permanently tied me to my bed. I basically spend my time collecting energy to go number 2, which is the last thing I can stand up for. And only because using a bedpan looks about as strenuous as walking to the toilet. And that way my wife can change my bedsheets.
But not being able to shower is awful. I stink. And I have to watch parts where skin is rubbing on skin for infections. Zinc salve and a cotton scarf help.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I also have LC. I can have a shower. But I take at least an hour to gear up for it. Then I can only do it sitting doen, then I take an hour to find the energy to dry myself off, then I take an hour to gain the energy to get dressed, etc. Tl;dr it takes all morning and I can't have a shower every day.
I took a shower at 11 am and I'm still exhausted at 5 pm (the summer heat doesn't help).
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If you swim in a pool every day, you don't need to really shower much.
Chlorine is nature's soap.
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This thread was way more interesting to read than I expected!
I am boring, probably 6, 7 days at max
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Spent 2 weeks hiking in around the Red River Gorge, Kentucky and Sheltowee Trace back in the late 80's. Only time I got wet was when it rained, or found a creek to take a dip in.
When I got home, even my own Mother would not hug me. She sent me off to the bath where I stayed for over an hour.
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Like 4 days, but I was LARPing and I was a sweaty, stinky mess from running around the entire time.
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Chlorine is nature's soap.
-ze germans
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a month,I was in the woods. there were no baths
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A little over 3 months is my record. Mental health issues, naturally! 🥳
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A week or two probably, when in the army.
And since wr actually we're responsible for actual foods hygiene, we always got sauna/bathing priority. So never went more than two weeks imo.
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Several weeks. Usually I shower before leaving the house so when I was too depressed and anxious to leave the house I felt no reason to take one. But I don't shower as much as most people in general. Once a week maybe unless I'm sweaty or dirty. I also brush my teeth inconsistently. But I've never had a cavity, fungal infection or anything else hygiene related anywhere on my body. I also don't stink in case you're wondering
I disinfect my pits and use deodorant daily, I always check myself and my clothes and I also ask friends sometimes to be sure. -
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wrote on last edited by [email protected]Probably about 1-2 weeks, unless jumping in a lake during that time counts. We were in the back country deep in Canada
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probably a week
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Yup, same. 2 weeks while backpacking. I did have a washcloth, of course.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]A towel is the most massively useful thing a hiker can have...
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Two weeks while backpacking in New Mexico (unless you count getting rained on every day as a shower)
Same place for me I'm betting, but three weeks on a longer "choose your own adventure" route. We chose to hike most of every day and cover as much ground as possible instead of stopping at the more "comfortable" areas that had facilities.
I forget the exact distance but pretty sure it was over 225 miles.
