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[QUOTE="brendan nolan, post: 16810, member: 2042"] Hi All, Just thought I'd like to stick my oar in on this topic. I think the first thing is to have good socks, something like a double sock. If the socks (and footwear) are poor then you are fighting a losing battle. :( When/if testing these out try to do it with a pack on your back because your posture then changes with the weight. The new posture produces different pressures on the feet and that may then produce blisters, ie will reveal where you are likely to get the 'hotspots'. Vaseline will work for some but another 'ancient' :idea: solution to this problem was used by British soldiers in the 1940's, long before modern boots and fibres. Their solution was to rub the inside of the sock with soap - the principle is the same for all these solutions - if the sock is going to move over the skin you want it to slide over the skin with as least resistance as possible. I had to use this solution at one point in 1996 and it did work but I found it was better to start with good socks and footwear. When walking from home in 2005 I got only 2 tiny blisters and that was because once some of the threads on a woollen sock formed a small ball and the 2nd time I put on a slightly wet sock. Hope this is helpful to someone! :) Buen Camino to all, Brendan [/QUOTE]
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