[at-l] Feet

[turtle at min.midco.net (Howard)]

I find some relief wearing knew-high surgical stockings.  I am going to 
try anything spandex.
turtle

PUDSCRAWLER@aol.com wrote:

>Our feet are our foundation for hiking.  They were also my foundation for 
>teaching once the word got around that children could not learn unless the 
>teacher was standing.  By the last one-hour period of each day, I would be on the 
>verge of screaming in agony.  Poor seventh period kids.  
>
>Analyzing it, I have come to realize that any day spent on my feet, hiking or 
>standing, there are certain predictable stages of pain.  All four hours of 
>the morning, all is well.  I don't even think of my feet.  Fifth hour I begin to 
>feel them.  By sixth hour I'm in definite pain.  Seventh, agony.  
>
>Really, the same holds true for backpacking.  I've decided to try to see what 
>happens if I quit sometime in the fifth hour instead of when I reach where I 
>want to go.  Sometimes, otherwise, I'm out there putting one foot in front of 
>the other in great pain for thirteen hours.  
>
>The results that have followed have certainly been 
>counterproductive--surgeries, plantar fasciitis, being couched, no exercise, can't even drive my car 
>because it requires being able to put my foot on the clutch.  Yep.  I'm not on a 
>big thru hike attempt.  I'm going to experiment, see how far I can go in five 
>hours and be done with it for a couple of weeks.  
>
>At least my feet will like me.
>
>Kinnickinic
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