[pct-l] Permanent physical changes from LD hike?

[csiechert@hotmail.com (Carl Siechert)]

> > During the trip I developed a little (1x2x4 cm) pocket of fat on each
hip
> >
>
> Boy, Carl, I sure could use a little padding on MY hip bones where the
waist
> belt rides. To what do you attribute this specific area's increase?  I
left
> the PCT after reaching Scissors Crossing in '94 because my hip bones
couldn't
> take the pack weight any more.

Yeah, it was miserable at first; my hip bones were bruised black and blue
for a long time. Short of injections, I have no idea how to train fat (?) to
go there. They're sort of like callouses, and I assume it's a similar
defense mechanism that created 'em for me.