Re: [pct-l] foot-soak

[Birgitte Jensen <bjensen4@juno.com>]

   <LOL> Sly, I was/am dead-serious, honest!  I use loose leaf tea
("Mamry") that I buy in bulk from Indian grocery stores - because it's
pretty cheap, strong ("strong-enough to float a mouse in it", as my Irish
Auntie used to say), and brews a great cuppa.
    Lipton (ptooie!) tastes like something a backpacker's feet have
_already_ soaked in, IMHO <G>....    bj


<<      One thing I tried a couple times when I hadn't been hiking
regularly
 and had developed baby-skin "town feet", was to soak my feet in a strong
 black tea solution (on a taxidermist's advice). The tannic acid tends to
 toughen the hide (and dry it out excessively if you over-soak). A
benefit
 for me was that it colored ("tanned") my feet slightly, which enabled me
 to hike in shorts again >>

     >Has to be Lipton's (backpackers favorite), but I think Salada may
provide a
     >more even California  tan.
     >Sly    <Slyinmd@aol.com>


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