That is right, there is something about naturists and towels...

According to Douglas Adam's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" the most useful thing when hitchhiking around the world is a towel.

For naturists the most important "clothing" when you are at a resort or a campingsite also is a towel. The towel is for hygienic reasons used to sit or lay on, it can be used to cover an erection and it can even be used to dry you after swimming.

So yes, naturists do almost always carry a piece of clothing when "running around naked" - it might be a plain towel or a more fancy sarong or pareo.

Very unpleasant things may happen when a naturist forgets his towel/imagesl. Read this article .