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

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What you get

  • Dry by morning in an unheated room
  • Packs to the size of a fist
  • Doubles as a pillowcase

What it costs you

  • Feels like drying yourself with a chamois
  • Develops a smell over a fortnight
  • Sizes are confusingly named

Do not buy this if: Nobody, but manage your expectations about how it feels.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in hygiene & wipes, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.

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.