But didn’t your mother tell you that you had to have clean underwear? What if you are in an accident?
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Kind of cracks me up (oops! Is that bun considering the subject??) that we are spending so much time on this thread talking about underwear - the thing that takes very little room in a suitcase!!! haha!
But having said that, and without being TMI, I am someone who has always worn panty liners on a daily basis. Always. Not just during the time of the month, but daily (liners, not pads). I have to say, that depending on my activity level, a panty liner would not take the place of not changing undies! If I’m traveling and walking all day in a warm climate, being active, etc. - I would STILL want a fresh change or a rinse out of my panties on a daily basis!!!
Collage, you will love MP (and the hike up to HP!)!! I took the same trip two summers ago and had an unbelievable experience. My Merrell hikers are quite similar to the ones BB posted; they served me quite well on our trip. As an aside–Take a rain jacket! It rained the day we were up top and I was so glad I’d taken a jacket along. The skies parted at just the right time and we were able to get some awesome pictures. Have a great trip!
OMG, I hope I didn’t suggest that I would ever wear underwear that was not clean! Old, worn out underwear can be perfectly clean, even if not attractive or sexy! I’m sure my mom wouldn’t think it meets the fit-for-emergency-personnel standard anyway, but it certainly would be clean.
(TMI and off topic, but in response to MOWC’s point: When I was a teenager riding my bike, I was hit by a car and was thrown thru the air etc. An ambulance was called but I absolutely refused to get in it, insisting I was fine, but the real reason was because I wasn’t wearing underwear that day (let alone clean underwear). The message had been so ingrained in my head that clean underwear was a prerequisite to emergency care that I declined the care! Instead, I called my boyfriend to give me a ride home, put on some clean underwear, and then had him drive me to the hospital. Luckily, I was not seriously injured! Until now, I’ve never confessed the reason I refused to get in the ambulance.)
There were a few references in this thread to panty liners to “save” underwear (at least that’s how I understood it) - so that what I referring to.
A family we know took a 3 week trip to UK. Their strategy was to wear socks and underwear 3 days (then hoot in joy the 4th day when they could switch). That will not be my strategy. But I have realized that sandal days save on socks 
Nottelling, I heard this the other day. Bikers wear leather, cyclists wear spandex. Cyclists never wear underwear so you would have been fine
Not, love that story. Then there was the time my mother showed up early at my dorm room and insisted I try on the pants she had bought me. I declined loudly. I was not wearing underwear as my BF was in the closet hiding.
I never did tell her.
So now on day 11 of a 24 day trip. So far no issues but do wash things out every few days. H had to be taught to roll his shirts in a towel . I told him he never traveled poor enough.
When I lived in Florence in the winter of 1973 I washed my jeans in the bidet and hung them out the window to dry.
It worked just fine!
I like the cubes but decided I had too much going on. I have consolidated my sleeveless and short sleeve shirts. Also my footies and socks. I like the cubes… But for light weight clothes need smaller compression ones.
I am the most informally dressed person in our group. I got over it after a few minutes
I went into the local REI to check out their garage sale today. Used hiking shoes? No thanks, I have my own foot fungus to share (not really, but you get the idea why I’m not enthused about used shoes). 
Ex-officio undies… really? $20 for a pair of granny panties? I ran marathons in Natori undies which I buy at Nordie’s Rack. They are really soft, dry quickly, and cost about $5.