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My Story of Trenchfoot (and How You Can Avoid Getting It)

I once lost all the feeling in my toes for three months from “trenchfoot.” I was lucky, in the end, that I suffered no permanent damage. How did this happen? Well, you might guess that I froze my toes off in pursuit of an extreme adventure—high-altitude mountaineering or dogsledding across the North Pole—but no. I was backpacking, in June, near my home in Wyoming. I started my five-day hike at a popular entry into the Wind River Range in sunny, warm, even hot conditions. In a matter of hours I ...

Posted by Hovey WMI on February 10, 2011 4:21 PM & Tagged Hiking, NOLS, WMI, Wilderness Medicine Institute, footwear, immersion foot, trenchfoot and vapor barrier socks | permalink | Comments