Subject: RE: running with blisters When backpacking and climbing deep in the backcountry you don't have a choice but to take care of your blisters. You can't call for rescue because you have booboo on your toe. Use a needle and drain the fluid from the blister, be very careful not to remove the upper layer of skin as that will serve as your band-aid and will help the blister heal faster. Get some Moleskin and cut a square out of it. Place it over your blister, noting the size of the blister. Cut a circular hole in the moleskin so that the moleskin will not stick to the blister (this can be very bad if it sticks to the blister, when you remove the moleskin you will pull off the flap of skin). Apply that piece of moleskin over the blister and place a square cut piece of moleskin over the top of that. Essentially what you have just created greatly resembles a corn pad with out the medication inside. Moleskin will stick to your skin and will not move around like a typical band-aid will. It will stay on until you are ready to remove it or it will come off on it's own in a few days. In most cases your blister is already healed by the time the Moleskin comes off. Moleskin, Moleskin +, and MoleFoam are available in roles and are very inexpensive. This may sound like a complicated process, but in all actuality it is very easy, very quick and works wonderfully. I walked down 7000 feet last year when I climbed Mt. Blanca with moleskin on my feet and didn't have any pain. I have also used this method in very wet conditions while backpacking in East Texas.
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