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Hygiene & Wipes

Showers above Namche are cold and cost money.

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Sea to Summit Pocket Towel — Dries you, then dries itself by morning
Best towel

Dries you, then dries itself by morning

Sea to Summit Pocket Towel

Microfibre, medium, ~80 g

Dries overnight in a cold lodge where a cotton travel towel simply does not — it never feels pleasant, and it holds a faint smell after a week however often you rinse it.

Dry by morning in an unheated room

Packs to the size of a fist

Doubles as a pillowcase

Feels like drying yourself with a chamois

Develops a smell over a fortnight

Sizes are confusingly named

Not for you if: Nobody, but manage your expectations about how it feels.

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Biodegradable body wipes — Above 4,000 m, nobody is showeringThe honest necessity

Above 4,000 m, nobody is showering

Biodegradable body wipes

Hot showers above Dingboche cost money, use a lodge’s scarce fuel, and leave you cold for an hour afterwards — a wipe wash is the realistic alternative, and "biodegradable" still means carry them out, not bury them.

Skip it ifAnyone unwilling to pack out used wipes. Then take fewer and use the shower.