[philmont] blisters

Ah a topic that actually relates to Philmont.

Body glide is great stuff. REI sells it as do most specialty running
stores. It is wax/paraffin based and does not melt and absorb into
your skin the way Vaseline does. You will actually have to wash it
off. I have used it on my toes and heels for hiking. It is sold
primarily to prevent chafing while running.

On Jul 29, 2006, at 11:04 AM, <runonall6@bellsouth.net>
<runonall6@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> My daughter and two of her female friends used the following
> technique to come back from trek 30
> blister free. I read about it on a backpacker.com reader forum.
> Tracked down the materials. They
> worked great. She had been on previous week to 10 day treks
> (including a previous trek at Philmont)
> and had lots of problems with blisters despite trying all sorts and
> combinations of socks with and
> without liners together with "professionally fit" boots. She has
> narrow, low to medium volume feet and
> its very difficult to find boots that fit her well, even with inserts.
>
> Here's the products and technique they used: Tuf-Skin colorless
> formula, 4 oz aerosol; Omniflex non-
> woven retention tape (comes in different size rolls, my daughter
> used the 4 inch wide variety and cut
> them to size), Body Glide anti-friction skin formula. The aerosol
> adhesive and retention tape were
> purchased on-line from Medo Sports Mediciane website (http://
> www.medco-athletics.com). The Tuf
> Skin comes in 4, 6 & 10 oz aerosol and 8 oz pump. The retention
> tape comes in rolls 2, 4 and 6 inches
> wide by 10 yards. We found the Body Glide at a bicycle shop, but
> also available at some sporting good
> stores and at stores catering to the horse riding crowd. It comes
> in a dispenser identical to an
> underarm deodorant applicator.
>
> Spray the Tuf-Skin on clean dry feet in area where blisters are
> normally a problem. Apply retention
> tape to feet. Pinch and cut off extra material where it bunches
> together after going around wider portion
> of area covered. Cut rounded edges on square corners of tape to
> prevent rolling of tape corners.
> Apply Body Glide to other areas of feet not covered by retention
> tape. Put on dry socks and boots and
> enjoy. This technique also worked with moist socks when dry ones
> were not available due to hiking 7
> out of 10 days through rain, sleet, hail and snow during our late
> June through early July trek.
>
> I am not trying to market any particular product here. This is a
> procedure and a group of products that
> were recommended by others that also worked with our group of
> blister-prone trekers.
>
> Gregg Nuessly
> Venturing Crew 2125
> Wellington, Florida
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
> Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
> Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
> List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
> List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
> -------------------------------------------------------
> To Unsubscribe send text email to:
>
> To: listserv@troop47.com
> Subject: unsubscribe
> Body: unsubscribe philmont@troop47.com
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
> Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
> loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
> cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>

-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
To Unsubscribe send text email to:

     To: listserv@troop47.com
     Subject: unsubscribe
     Body: unsubscribe philmont@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------

As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------

 
Received on Sat Jul 29 11:57:32 2006