Obviously there is not a ‘one shoe fits all solution’ and one has to be clear what environment and situation is being mooted.
For me in my current position, which I would class as being long term survival approx a year after a TEOTWAWKI scenario. Washing etc is as follows (from an earlier post
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"Well washing that really was a hard nut to crack especially in winter.
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What I came to realise was I had too drastically reduce the amount I had to wash and discipline myself and ration cloths combining this with getting the right cloths
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. This took time as I was on a tight budget, in winter it came down too wool, wool and more wool. Swanndri is excellent, shirts and smocks also really good quality wool socks along with ventile trousers The antibacterial properties of wool means you can wear it for several days without having wash them
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(and without being smelt three fields away)
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. I Actually wash smalls and socks in a pan on the wood stove, using a rolling pin then through a manual mangle. Big stuff, and after much experimentation gets washed in a 50lt aluminium ex beer barrel with top cut off over a msr xgk cooker and using an old fashioned ‘pusser’ I believe they are called, then onto a glass washboard with fairy bar soap, if necessary, then rinse and wring.
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As to pegs, they are amazingly easy to make from a piece of split hazel and bit of cord to stop stick splitting its full length. Washing line umm 'paracord'
However there are also so very good small light weight clips/available from sea to summit or similar product called hurricane pegs. I tend to use these food clipping up food bags etc rather than pegs but it solves the
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“knickers in Norway Problem”:o
In the camping/bug out deep into the woods phase, for me this would be first three months during a “die off period” its about clothing, wool and ventile. Along with camp discipline. Ie a small stream wash less than once a month.
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