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Last minute tips for parents when the SHTF
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 10689495:MV8xNTg3OTA4XzMyNTIwNjE4X0M3QjM2MDU1] Footwear If you've ever talked to anyone who's done a major hike of the Appalachian Trail, they'll explain the vital importance of footwear. Greenhorns will sometimes prepare by purchasing boots, but they won't break them in. This is a criminal thing to do to your feet, as you WILL get foot sores within the first ten miles from the stiff leather rubbing on tender feet. There's a very realistic reason that the term “tendefoot” was used. It happened all the time. Because boots and feet will be abused by greenhorns, they will get alternatively dirty and wet, filled with mildew plus other fungus and harbor bacteria. Mixing wounded blistered feet with a filthy rich environment and add in malnourishment and depressed immune systems and you've created a rapid means of crippling yourself. There is a very practical means of avoiding these issues: a little common sense. Pack a pair of stout aqua socks and/or a good pair of river sandals like Tevas. They hold up well, and can be patched with silicon sealant. Anytime you're going into the water, keep your dang boots dry! People can be idiots about this. “I don't wanna stop and take off my boots.” Foolishness! There is a very good chance that someone will take a spill and go down river, and it's easier in river sandals. They dry far easier then heating boots suspended upside down for hours on a stick placed close to a roaring fire. What a waste of time, fuel, and effort. It is far easier to dry off your feet with a camp towel or a piece of good chamois, then put your boots back on. There's probably a hundred and one things you can improvise chamois cloth into. Chamois is cheap, light, tough, and hugely water absorbent. If you consistently do this, you'll avoid trenchfoot. Trenchfoot has hurt more soldiers in cold or jungle environments than being shot. You have soft fat pads in the base of your foot. Yes, after a long time, you'll earn calluses on your feet, but in the interim, with malnourishment you'll use up the fat pads from lots of hiking, and you must care for your feet carefully. One simple and effective way is moleskin. This product helps cushion and protect wounded areas. Liquid bandages work well too. A regular bandage on a foot is almost useless as it will fall off from sweat and activity. Your feet need to breathe in order to help wounds to heal and to keep from getting fungal infections. Each night, take a little of camp ash, add to clean water, and wash your feet off, removing debris and dirt. Then a little tea tree oil (which is a perfect anti-microbial) mixed into a little jojoba oil (a perfect emollient), can be applied to sooth crackling, a constant issue for people on extended hikes. It takes maybe 10 minutes to do all that. It is well invested time for self-care.Once a week, use a fine grit sand to buff your feet off too and this will help prevent issues. This takes 30 seconds or less. Never ever try to rapidly dry out boots by placing them too close to the fire. In effect you are firehardnening the leather and ruining them. They are irreplaceable on the trail. Chances are that your soles will crack, and having the silicone sealant, you can patch them. It cures in an hour and dries well in several. Meanwhile since you packed some river sandals, you can do a lot of work in meadows or along river banks in them. Never do any heavy lifting in sandals or make tools in them, as you can easily injure you feet. You don't want a broken toe, and that can happen when splitting firewood. Buy insulated boots. Yes they will make your feet sweat in the summers, but invaluable in colder weather. Most people are not used to minor cold weather, and even 55 degree F can seem cold at first until you get used to it. Ankle support is definitely needed. No half boots. I know lacing seems like a chore but the support prevents twisted ankles, or buckling from heavy packs. [/quote]
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Hug and kiss them often. Be generous with your affection. Lavish it on them
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