I think most have heard of the ranger roll and I know if you was in the military you should have heard of it, this is a modified version to the ranger roll, today I believe they call it a Marine Roll. Whenever I trek I carry a change of skivvies (socks tee shirt etc..) and also include this in the B.O.B. for those unfamiliar here's how to do it and reason I do it this way, follow illustration.
Fold in half
lay out similar
Now lay down two old unused socks as shown below, near the neck part of the shirt
Starting from the neck roll tightly to the end of the shirt
turn the old sock out as your covering one end of the shirt, do the same with the other side
completed, it should look like this
Not only do you have a change of skivvies, you also have a pillow, I don't like dirty clothes in my bags and don't like clothes dangling from the bag so I ranger roll it and strap them to the mollies on my pack, since I don't carry gun cleaning patches the old socks are cut to the size patch I need, I would also use the socks to cover say like the machete handle that protrudes above the pack as hiding the silhouette of a weapon. Same can be done with pants and shirt, roll up and put in a zip lock bag.
Fold in half
lay out similar
Now lay down two old unused socks as shown below, near the neck part of the shirt
Starting from the neck roll tightly to the end of the shirt
turn the old sock out as your covering one end of the shirt, do the same with the other side
completed, it should look like this
Not only do you have a change of skivvies, you also have a pillow, I don't like dirty clothes in my bags and don't like clothes dangling from the bag so I ranger roll it and strap them to the mollies on my pack, since I don't carry gun cleaning patches the old socks are cut to the size patch I need, I would also use the socks to cover say like the machete handle that protrudes above the pack as hiding the silhouette of a weapon. Same can be done with pants and shirt, roll up and put in a zip lock bag.
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