[pct-l] blisters, ice axe san jacinto, gear testing,

[CHUCK CHELIN]

OK, Rizzo, no more coffee for you.

Steel-Eye


On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM, rizzo rizzo <rizzo1riz at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Gonna head down and re hike sections a b c has I have allready hiked from
> campo to yosemite, and most of WA, I live in olympia and do most of my
> hiking in the cascades, no blisters here since 08, I lost my pics from my 08
> hike from campo to agua dulce, very sad, but at least I get the oppertunity
> to get some back, my ? is what works well for blister treatment, in 08 i
> used duct tape and athletic tape to cover em up after popin them, i will be
> weareing golite storm dragons they worked well in the snow on san jacinto
> and kept my feet mostly blister proof in 08 thru the hoter sections plus
> have removable gators,, but what r folks doing now????? any advice on
> chocos???? i will be hiking starting early april and expect snow on san
> jacinto, do i dare bring an ice axe,,, i suppose a good one would b to pick
> it up in idylwild and ditch asap maybe hwy 10 at cabozon??? any suggestions
> on the blister treatment,,,, or if ice axe sholud b rocked for a mid april
> accent ove san jac, or I am
>  i just being paranoid about san jacinto, in 08 it wasn't a problem except
> i was there a month later almost,,,, i am sure i won't carry one unless the
> snoe is ubur high in witch i might need to detour,,,anyone leaving campo
> around the 15th???? i live in olympia and will be driving one other person
> down to campo, gonna leave my car for 20 days, plus i;ll be testing some
> gear im making,  a cool stove heiikein pot and red bull stove design, a
> water filter bag that uses frontier pro, and another smaller filter i am
> building, will weigh almost a half ounce, cool stuff if it pans out, a cuben
> fiber tent I am sewing right now, so hope mto see some old and new
> friends,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rizzo
> http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum
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