[pct-l] Duct tape for blisters

[Nitnoid1]

Goo Gone would remove the stickiness  of tape adhesive from hiking poles, or anything else for that matter. 

The Incredible Bulk

On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:

> I've seen small rolls of duct tape in local stores though probably still 
> too big for hiking. I copied the idea of wrapping some around each of my 
> trekking poles since they are going anyway and I don't have any weight 
> penalty for the core. If needed I think some adhesive remover would take 
> off any residual stickiness from the hiking pole.
> 
> Just so one doesn't forget one's poles somewhere on the trail as I did but 
> quickly realized I had done so and went back and got them.
> 
> Tortoise
> 
> <> Because truth matters! <>
> 
> On 07/30/10 18:17, leestcoast at gmail.com wrote:
>> You can buy small packets of Duct tape from Anti-Gravity Gear. We wrap a foot or so around a hiking pole.
>> Cruz Control
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>>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:26:01 -0700
>>> From: Tortoise<Tortoise73 at charter.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Duct tape for blisters
>>> To: greg mushial<gmushial at gmdr.com>
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>>> I'll let others discuss the merits of duct tape for blisters. It seems a
>>> lot of hikers use it because it is tough and sticks very well.
>>> Tortoise
>>> <>  Because truth matters!<>
>> 
>> Thanks for the nudge... I did a google on "duct tape hiking blisters" and
>> got a zillion hits - one being pcta.org - read there and yup, duct tape or
>> medical tape..  the question then becomes: how does one carry it? A medical
>> tape roll can be trimmed/stripped down to what one might need for a trip...
>> but duct tape, even if one were to strip down the roll to what one might
>> need, will still have a cardboard core, which weighs non-zero and takes
>> space - do people maybe wrap what they might need around a water bottle
>> (being a surface that it's not going to stick to terminally), and remove it
>> from there as needed?? Or??
>> TheDuck
>> 
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