Would one really be so careless as to simply leave clothes hidden under a rock or in a crevice of sorts? Surely one would think to protect their clothing from animals and the elements. Just looking at stashing clothes in a forest environment, a simple shovel and cooler will be needed. The cooler would best be the type with a lid that swings to either side. This also provides the best form-factor for hiding the cooler, but allows for easy retrieval. For a single stash, depending on one's size, either a six can, seven quart, or sixteen quart capacity cooler is fine. This should be large enough to contain pants, shirt, underwear, and either sneakers or sandals. The whole point of stashing is to return to a vehicle or home without causing as stir due to nudity, as well as protect oneself from the elements. This does bring up a point regarding cooler size. For those living in environments that have weather (as compared to those such as central California where jeans and a t-shirt will always be just fine), either two coolers or one rather large one will be necessary as to provide space for a jacket and perhaps additional footwear if one prefers sandals (walking through the snow in sandals causes cold feet). An alternative to multiple or lager coolers would be to seasonally change the contents of a smaller cooler, and may prove a more cost-effective way depending on any driving that may be necessary, and/or if money is tight. Hiding a cooler is rather a simple task. One must find a relatively rocky slope and dig a hole just deep enough as to get the top of the cooler flush with the ground. Putting the cooler on a slope is imperative; one does not want to find that they had buried their clothes in an area that collects water after every rainstorm. The top of the cooler must be flush with the ground, as one must be able to find it when the time comes, and it also allows one to wipe away a bit of dirt, grab the handle, and pull. Simply place a rock or group of rocks over the top of the handle.ChaosWolf wrote:Stashing away extra clothes... that can work. then again, they can also backfire - they can be found by homeless folks, torn up by animals as bedding/nest material, infested by insects...
Clothes stashing is, of course, a requirement for the less experienced and new Wolves. For those that can change at will, this comes down to preference. If one were to go out for a night of fun in the woods (it's not all about seriousness) and later sleep through the morning, they could simply return in their fur if the chances of being seen are nil.
A simple comment of protecting the clothes probably would have sufficed. Sorry.
In proofreading, I realize this seems to have been written as a how-to. This was not my intention, but it works.