[at-l] Re: [BackpackingLight] Ankle Board

O.B. asked:

I am curious. Does anyone tape or otherwise brace ankles or knees in our
sport?

Pittsburgh answers:

I shattered both kneecaps while a teenager (Osgood Schlaughters<sp>) and
require knee braces when hiking for more than a day or two.  Even with
braces, my one knee will eventually begin to click, and the other will get
an ache around the entire knee diameter.  There is never enough pain to
cause much grief, but there will be some days that the knees seem to turn to
mush, and do not provide much support.  But since I've been walking on these
knees all of my life, my mind knows how to make every step forward work, and
can I just keep going.  I only have really bad problems when I bang a knee
or fall on a knee.  This will put me out of action for a period of time...

Pittsia KnightsWhoSayKnee-ovia


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