starwatcher wrote on Feb 28^th, 2013 at 1:57pm:

Westwood, I think the early lumberjacks also did that; I understand they wore long underwear in the middle of the summer.

That ties in nicely with pajeff's link ;D
Being funky/ ungroomed facial hair is fine when your solo, but in a group setting or if your tripping with the lady in your life, you need to hold a minimum standard of hygiene ;)

I try to eat a Mediterranean diet which includes lots of garlic/onions and have found if I use scentless soap the skeeters don't seem to bother me as much. If you don't like garlic, you can take garlic pills say a month before you trip and they might help?
I also do the Permethrin clothes treatment and have found that 90% of the time I don't need anything else.