Ah gross!
Your toe has moisture. Mine was like that but the skin was all hard (if you look again). So it wasn't peeling off, but kinda flaking/peeling off.
GROSS just talking about it. Waaa!
NO COTTON! AND no hiking shoes from Mountain Equipement Coop! My shoes has RIPS and CUTS in them from 2 weeks in the CITY ALONE!
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Well, let's try and keep the conversation away from "who has the worst feet?" I blame mine on the constant jarring against the floor from my heavey backpack (or at least, heavier than I usually walk with). But, that's the last I'll mention of it 
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travel tip/trick:
Get acquainted with a smell on your trip. For me, it was this really cool deoderant. Now, whenever I smell it at home (its hard to find), I have this memory orgasm of my traveling and experiences.
Try it with green tea bags, hand cream, anything. It sounds SO LAME but it is so cool.
*sniiifffffff*
ohhh yah baby, thats the stuff
Get acquainted with a smell on your trip. For me, it was this really cool deoderant. Now, whenever I smell it at home (its hard to find), I have this memory orgasm of my traveling and experiences.
Try it with green tea bags, hand cream, anything. It sounds SO LAME but it is so cool.
*sniiifffffff*
ohhh yah baby, thats the stuff
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I fixed dinner, sat at the computer, started to surf...and found a nasty toe picture...
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quote:Originally posted by Walkabout:
Dont use cotton socks when hiking, since they absorb moisture. Use wool socks (maybe its reverse, anyways)...
I can't wear anything with wool in it. It gives me a horrendous case of the itches. I think I'm allergic to it - I know for a fact that my dad is allergic to it.
I use Thorlo socks for serious hiking. I love my hiking socks!
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quote:Originally posted by Marisa:
I fixed dinner, sat at the computer, started to surf...and found a nasty toe picture...
a GIANT SIZE TOE picture you mean...
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quote:Originally posted by Joe Ehrlich:
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Don't be a hater, Joe.
Although I will admit that is too cheap for me, and I hate shower shoes. Shower shoes are so cheap, the effort required in making flipflops is too high. I'm about minimal effort... so I will deal with my $3 Old Navy flipflops, and live happily.
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Another Joe
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quote:Originally posted by Marisa:
I fixed dinner, sat at the computer, started to surf...and found a nasty toe picture...
I'm trying to think of a good side to this story; but, I don't think there is one. I'm sorry.
It could've been worse; I sat down and was about to start dinner then found that toe... On my foot!
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I thought a little more about the olfactory recall trick. This is a good trick BUT has a nasty side - A half year after returning from Chile, I still got a little sick smelling pisco. Then I remebered the fun I had down there and drank it anyway. (So I guess it works there too - sortof)
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quote:Originally posted by meagicano:quote:Originally posted by Joe Ehrlich:
MUST-RESIST-CHEAP-JOKE
Don't be a hater, Joe.
Although I will admit that is too cheap for me, and I hate shower shoes. Shower shoes are so cheap, the effort required in making flipflops is too high. I'm about minimal effort... so I will deal with my $3 Old Navy flipflops, and live happily.
The reason I made my own had nothing to do with price and everything to do with size. These things fold down to the size of a credit card and probably weigh less. My flipflops take up a ton more room.
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I suffer from terrible blisters. But I've never taken any pictures of them so you'll just need to take my word for it.
The best way for me to deal with blisters and still be able to hike is to cover them with moleskin (or foam or something soft and cushiony) and then cover that with duct tape. The duct tape slides inside your boot, whereas the other stuff bunches up after about 50 paces.
Here's the stupid travel trick: wrap as much duct tape as you think you'll need around your water bottle.
The best way for me to deal with blisters and still be able to hike is to cover them with moleskin (or foam or something soft and cushiony) and then cover that with duct tape. The duct tape slides inside your boot, whereas the other stuff bunches up after about 50 paces.
Here's the stupid travel trick: wrap as much duct tape as you think you'll need around your water bottle.
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An old army trick that works is to wear the feet of women's stockings inside your socks to avoid blisters.
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(Oh, great. Now borderland is lecturing on wearing women's clothes...)
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Guys: another good trick is to wear a bra to stop chest chaffing (ahem)
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