[at-l] Reg: thinknig about ticks

[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

The isopropanol could disolve fat, sanitize fungus and bugs, and
indicate active attention to foot hygiene. Be kind to thy ass, for it
bears thee.

Some might be absorbed, and it might help other things get absorbed
easier. Real world? I wouldn't worry about it a great deal, but would
still do basic sponge bath with scrubby and water as previously
suggested rather than carry another fluid.

Bill...


--- saunterer@jimbullard.org wrote:
> I've read accounts by several thru-hikers who wiped down their feet
> with alcohol each night and credited it with helping them avoid a lot
> of the foot problems their fellow hikers experienced.  So this is
> bad?  We  shouldn't use rubbing alcohol?  In my experience alcohol
> evaporates very rapidly from body heat.  How much is absorbed vs
> evaporated?

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