I'll start- my second season as a Ranger I had a couple days off so me and the dog went backpacking.
I got my boots and socks soaked crossing a creek because I didn't want to take em off and I thought I could hop some rocks and stay dry... didn't work out.
Middle of the day, so I put my boots and socks on a log to dry out a bit and sat against it to eat some lunch and look at a map.
Next thing I know it's dark outside, I fell asleep. In the sun.
I realized that it was my feet burning that woke me up. I sunburnt the shit out of them.
Pulled out my bag and "slept" right there, just completely miserable.
At sun up my feet were so swollen I couldn't get em in my boots and just having socks on was a special hell.
Hiked 5 miles back out in tevas, with chunks of cut up socks around the straps cause it felt like razor blades.
Absolutely brutal hike out. Then I couldn't work for 3 more days until I could get my feet back in my boots.
Rode a desk for a week after that until I could actually walk in my boots.
Pretty fucking embarrassing for a park Ranger, lol. Lessons learned.
I got my boots and socks soaked crossing a creek because I didn't want to take em off and I thought I could hop some rocks and stay dry... didn't work out.
Middle of the day, so I put my boots and socks on a log to dry out a bit and sat against it to eat some lunch and look at a map.
Next thing I know it's dark outside, I fell asleep. In the sun.
I realized that it was my feet burning that woke me up. I sunburnt the shit out of them.
Pulled out my bag and "slept" right there, just completely miserable.
At sun up my feet were so swollen I couldn't get em in my boots and just having socks on was a special hell.
Hiked 5 miles back out in tevas, with chunks of cut up socks around the straps cause it felt like razor blades.
Absolutely brutal hike out. Then I couldn't work for 3 more days until I could get my feet back in my boots.
Rode a desk for a week after that until I could actually walk in my boots.
Pretty fucking embarrassing for a park Ranger, lol. Lessons learned.