Keep body and equipment clean
Remove the inner cardboard roll. This allows the toilet paper to be easy rolled-out from the inside (like the carnival streamers) instead of unrolling the sheets from the outside.
Painkillers for hiking
Harmlessly, the painkiller ibuprofen is called vitamin “I”. The danger of taking it the wrong way is thus downplayed. Too many thru-hikers use it while hiking to fight through the pain instead of listening to the body’s alarm signs and shifting down a gear. It is good to have ibuprofen or similar painkillers in your pack as a backup for emergencies. It can be useful to take this overnight to reduce any inflammation. Also in exceptional situations where pausing the hike is not…
