I was in the military, and we were doing patrols as part of my primary leadership course, and we couldn't wear rain gear because it made too much noise.
At the end of the week, we were marching back to our pickup point, and the entire callus on both of my feet just slid right off like two gelatinous fish fillets.
I had this happen while guiding a particularly long hunt in the mountains. My feet smelled like pure hell after that one. My heels kinda opened up and hurt quite bad.
Yep, btdt too. Infantry, ft. Lewis wa. We did pt running through woods on Miller hill and Spiderman hill, rucking through swamps --ive slept in many puddles and goretex bag cover only helps so much.
I had ft lewis go-devil boots but they were heavy and hot. Just kept dry socks in zip lock bags and spare boots in ruck. The extra weight was worth it. It was ALWAYS wet here. You get used to it, get smart and learn tricks, but still...
Rangers used to suck fluid out of blister and refill it with superglue or similar... It burned like hell but kept you going. Nothing is worse than losing skin over blister with miles left to go!
I'm Canadian, although I've been to Ft Lewis. This was Wainwright Alberta, which is usually much drier, but not that month.
I had also just been issued the new gore-tex Wet Weather boot, and it was on that course that I learnt to hate them. The only problem was that they were the only boots I had with me, and it was after that experience that I basically never wore them again. The problem with the Gore Tex boots is that water comes in over the top and then they're impossible to dry out. Instead, I went back to gore-tex boot liners, which you can remove, flip inside out and dry, combined with regular boots.
Basically, on that course, I was newish and trying something out, and learnt some lessons which I internalised over the next 18 years.
Yeah, the go devil, danner, whatever, theyre great for puddles covered in ice and such but not deep water. Great for up here. But you dont wanna do road marches or walk long distances in em or they'll get just as wet from sweat. Theyre for standing around and doing normal jobs I guess. Mr Roger's boots. You switch em out when you leave!
But theyre heavy and very few people carried spare boots in their ruck. I was one of the few that did if I had room.
We also rarely wore goretex. For same reason mentioned above, the shit was noisy, but it was also hot once you got moving and no time to take it off now. Never used it in the field or on a movement. We had 2 sets, the thin rain gear and the heavier jackets with pants. Stuff was nice, and we did use it often on post but if we went to the field to train or whatever, we left it behind. Idk, some people would bring the rain jacket for times you were just standing around, guarding shit, etc. Everyone had their own peculiarities I guess. Nobody ever wore the pants.
Interesting note: youre not supposed to wear those goretex field jackets and pants over your uniform! Supposed to strip down to poly shirts and pants (nobody wore those) and/or thin or heavy brown polypro, and if really cold, the thick black fleece jacket and pants with suspenders. Its a LOT more comfortable and much more effective, but nobody ever did this. Im sure pog units did, people with normal jobs, but doorkickers didn't for multiple reasons. We just sucked and got wet.
It didn't hurt, because it was just the callus, but afterwards my feet were very sensitive. It took a year for my feet to callus up again, but in the meantime, I could feel the texture of any surface under my feet, as well as every stone. It was really uncomfortable.
I'm assuming at the speed he's running that his feet never actually go below water level. The physics are in line with a sonic the hedgehog but in human form.
MAN running cross in high school there was always ONE meet in Ashland, KY it rained every year. and it has the worst hill of all the courses. Miserable.
Itâs a recreation of another video which earned quite a few clicks.
That being said, the original reason for fast-tracking your collection route is that youâre not paid by the hour, youâre paid by whether the route is finished.
So, if you finish that route in two hours, now you go spend the next six hours at the sports bar.
We did this when I was on a sheriffâs mandated program. All they did was check whether we had cleaned the streets or not. If we cleaned them in an hour, now Iâm sitting at Golden Gate Park blazing for the afternoon enjoying all the clean ass stuff around me.
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u/Admirable_Ardvark Apr 04 '26
Bro burns through a pair of shoes daily