Insect Repellant - OutdoorPlaces. 1999 - 2001, OutdoorPlaces. Any person who has hiked for any period of time has experienced it. Clouds of blood thirsty, biting insects.
Insects can ruin an outdoor trip, and in some rare cases make people very ill.
The right preparation and the understanding of how insect repellants work can make the difference of being a walking insect buffet, to an unappetizing menace of the trail. You need to evaluate where you are going. What is the environment you are going to be visiting. The insects you will experience will be very different on the windswept mountainside of the Presidentials in New Hampshire, vs. the open tundra of Denali National Park in Alaska. If you are going to be visiting an area that is famous for biting insects, you need to come prepared.