You aren't looking at the right wool shirts. I have some merino shirts (the Backcountry.com brand, Stoic) that are awesome summer hiking shirts. Nice lightweight stench-resistant wicking shirts. NO itching.

Lightweight wool base layers are really, really nice.
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