Pain...

[Noise Monkey]

ah, its always nice to have good friends...

[Sput]

i've never been seriously hurt. i've had some bad 2nd degree burns, many many knife wounds but no deeper than about half an inch or so(was on my thigh. bled for HOURS)...

Stop doing that.

ll the burns were accidents. we have an electric stove, and i'm dumb. some knife wounds are from camping and others are from cooking and others from play-fighting and some from a very long time Ago.


i am quite clumsy. n_n i got my hand stuck in my pantry a lil while ago today and it was bleeding all over my ramen packages as i tried to mop it up. such little wounds bleed so much!


also, i have fingernail cuts from my friends with surfer bitch nails who go GRABGRAB.

[Rock_dash]

I had two ingrown toenails. Still have one.

Ditto. Mother freaking ditto. It hurts.

[KittyKatBlack]

I burnt myself making Mac & Cheese once. But I don't know what was worse, the pain, or the humiliation.

[Czar]

I've observed several occurances of people walking 'til (and then for a while after) their feets bleed (I've done it myself at least once).

Hurts, and not in a good way (except that it leads to you making damn sure that next time you know you're going to take a hike, you'll be preparing your feet for it).

Once I've seen someone (wearing double socks, an inner, thin grey one and an outer, thick white, as per regulations) color the outer, white sock blood red.
He was breaking in a new pair of boots, which wasn't the smartest idea considering the pace and distance we were marching.

I also know of someone who complained of pain in his feet after marching twenty something kilometers with the inner soles of his boots nowhere to be found. He had been walking with only his socks between his foot and the inside of the boot, which is hard leather and a few metal pieces.

And these occurences are nothing(!) compared to some horror stories I've heard about lack of (or overabundance of, or misunderstood) care for ones feet, before, during or after a long hike or march.

[KittyKatBlack]

I've observed several occurances of people walking 'til (and then for a while after) their feets bleed (I've done it myself at least once).

Hurts, and not in a good way (except that it leads to you making damn sure that next time you know you're going to take a hike, you'll be preparing your feet for it).

Once I've seen someone (wearing double socks, an inner, thin grey one and an outer, thick white, as per regulations) color the outer, white sock blood red.
He was breaking in a new pair of boots, which wasn't the smartest idea considering the pace and distance we were marching.

I also know of someone who complained of pain in his feet after marching twenty something kilometers with the inner soles of his boots nowhere to be found. He had been walking with only his socks between his foot and the inside of the boot, which is hard leather and a few metal pieces.

And these occurences are nothing(!) compared to some horror stories I've heard about lack of (or overabundance of, or misunderstood) care for ones feet, before, during or after a long hike or march.

Remind me NEVER to sign up for the military.

[Czar]

I've observed several occurances of people walking 'til (and then for a while after) their feets bleed (I've done it myself at least once).

Hurts, and not in a good way (except that it leads to you making damn sure that next time you know you're going to take a hike, you'll be preparing your feet for it).

Once I've seen someone (wearing double socks, an inner, thin grey one and an outer, thick white, as per regulations) color the outer, white sock blood red.
He was breaking in a new pair of boots, which wasn't the smartest idea considering the pace and distance we were marching.

I also know of someone who complained of pain in his feet after marching twenty something kilometers with the inner soles of his boots nowhere to be found. He had been walking with only his socks between his foot and the inside of the boot, which is hard leather and a few metal pieces.

And these occurences are nothing(!) compared to some horror stories I've heard about lack of (or overabundance of, or misunderstood) care for ones feet, before, during or after a long hike or march.

Remind me NEVER to sign up for the military.

Pfft.

All those stories come from four+ years in a Volunteer youth program, not to different from your ROJTC from what I've gathered.

EDIT:

Since I'm bored.

Basics of feet protection while marching comes down to three things.

Your boots and your socks.
Your skin.
And "other precautions".

Your boots, first of all, should be clean and dry, and you should break them in by marching with them shorter distances before trying for long ones. Other than that, there's not much more you can do with your boots.

Your socks are more flexible. By Swedish regulations, you should always be wearing an inner and an outer pair. The inner pair is thin, goes up to your knees (if you're of reasonable lenght and you pull them up) and are steel gray. The outer pair is thick, whooly white socks, and when pulled up they stay below your ankles.
The inner pair fit your feet, the outer fits your shoes. When you walk, the inner pair rubs against the outer instead of the skin of your feet rubbing against the shoe. Assuming the socks are in a decently not-worn out state (I've seen them worn out, not pretty after a few klicks) this should protect you against friction blisters.
The socks can also help by stopping sweat from running down your legs into your boots. Sweaty feet blister more easily than dry ones.
To ensure maximum protection (or indeed, any protection), the socks must be pulled up (so as there are no wrinkles around your feet), and dry. To ensure that they stay dry, it is recommended that you change socks at every break while marching (usually there will be breaks 10 minutes for every 50 spent marching, but this varies).

The skin then. You protect yourself from blisters primarily, but also a few other things. In order to improve your protection against blisters, you give your skin extra protection by taping sensitive areas and removing hardened skin (to avoid blisters below the hardened skin). You also keep your toenails trimmed or suffer the consequences. While taping it helps if you have some experience in knowing where you're sensitive, although there are some general rules for how and where to tape.

Other precautions are intended to improve your performance. Basically, they're common sense.
You drink a little but often while marching.
You march at a decent pace for a set period of time with regular breaks (50 min march, 10 min break is common, but 60/15 also works).
On brakes you take your shoes off to air your feet, you change socks and keep your feet elevated to get some of the blood and fluids out of them. Massaging them is optional, it helps some to remove pressure pains in the soles brought on by walking long distances with backpacks.
You make sure your backpack and other kit is carried comfortably, you modify your clothing to match the environment and level of activity (open zippers to further ventilation (particularly around the crotch, you don't want friction burns there, and it can happen), remove redundant clothing).
And there's a hundred other tips and tricks that go here.

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Marching is bloody fun!

[McDuffies]

I mutilate myself regulary while cooking. Mostly with hot oil. I think it's genetical, my mom does that too.

[Rkolter]

I mutilate myself regulary while cooking. Mostly with hot oil. I think it's genetical, my mom does that too.

This misread on that line is oh so painful.

[MariaAndMichelle]

I like Keffria more and more each day.

Hands off, womanizer!

You're one to talk!

[KittyKatBlack]

...
Marching is bloody fun!

I'm assuming this is a play on words, and a joke.

If not, then you sir, are insane. (No offence. ^_^)

[Mo]

I mutilate myself regulary while cooking. Mostly with hot oil. I think it's genetical, my mom does that too.

This misread on that line is oh so painful.

Ouch. Why'd you have to say that? >_<

What I'm most afraid of is cutting myself with devices like cheese slicers. It happened once too. Cheese will never be the same.

Incidentally, DID YOU KNOW that the cheese slicer has its origin in Norway?

And guess what else has.

[Laemkral]

...
Marching is bloody fun!

I'm assuming this is a play on words, and a joke.

If not, then you sir, are insane. (No offence. ^_^)

I'm gonna agree with Czar. Ain't nothing like a long hike when it comes to fun and awesome times.

But only if you take proper care of your feet. Which reminds me of a funny story: I'm at a friend's apartment and one of the girls is complaining about some blisters on her feet from high heels. I suggest moleskin to help the blisters heal and she wear something like stockings to reduce the friction of the shoes. She asks all sarcastically: "You ever worn high heels?" "Nope. Combat boots."

[[AlmightyPyro]]

The whole, "Anger stops pain" thing is ture. Every time I've been seriously injurede while being mad I didn't feel it till later. I hit my toe with an axe once because I was mad while choping down a tree branch, while on the side of the hill, while wearing sandals. When I hit it I got really mad because, 1. I hit my self with an axe which I told my dad I'd NEVER do, and 2. My dad was going to be pissed that I hit myself with an axe which I said I'd NEVER do.

So I jsut through the axe down the hill, and started limping to the house. I limped because I knew if I walked normal it would bleed more, not that it hurt. When i started walking it clicked that I just cut myself with a very rusty axe, so I sucked the bllod out of my toe hoping that it would help like on the discovery channel.
When I got to the house, I stomped through the kitchen (I was mad still) and my mom saw me and went "whats wrong?" to which I replied the usual "Nothing I'm fine." And my dad being the caring overpertecive person he was, from the other room yelled, "What did you do to my axe?!". It wasn't untill I ask if where the butterfly bandages were that they bolted into the bathroom to see if I was ok. But I really, didn't feel it at all untill the next day. Then it hurt like crap.

[KittyKatBlack]

...
Marching is bloody fun!

I'm assuming this is a play on words, and a joke.

If not, then you sir, are insane. (No offence. ^_^)

I'm gonna agree with Czar. Ain't nothing like a long hike when it comes to fun and awesome times.

But only if you take proper care of your feet. Which reminds me of a funny story: I'm at a friend's apartment and one of the girls is complaining about some blisters on her feet from high heels. I suggest moleskin to help the blisters heal and she wear something like stockings to reduce the friction of the shoes. She asks all sarcastically: "You ever worn high heels?" "Nope. Combat boots."

You people are weird.

[Levi-chan]

I had my arm broken bad once in a scooter accident once. All I remember was that it hurt like a motherfucker and I was blacking out. When I looked at my forearm, it was bent...

...the other way. I had to walk home, with my hand straddeled and my head swimming away from consciousness. MAAN.


Also, there was this time when I was young...*thinks of posting his circumcision story, but hesitates*

...Maybe another time.

[[AlmightyPyro]]

I had my arm broken bad once in a scooter accident once. All I remember was that it hurt like a motherfucker and I was blacking out. When I looked at my forearm, it was bent...

...the other way. I had to walk home, with my hand straddeled and my head swimming away from consciousness. MAAN.


Also, there was this time when I was young...*thinks of posting his circumcision story, but hesitates*

...Maybe another time.

You remember that?! That must make a great party story!

[Levi-chan]

It happened when I was 13.

[[AlmightyPyro]]

It happened when I was 13.

O.O oh. I am so glad my parents chose the do-it-as-a-baby aproach.

Ouch...

[ManyWorlds]

It happened when I was 13.

...
Ouch... that hurts just THINKING about it...