Comment replied ...finally - part 1

Hey all - time to finally answer a couple old questions I'm sure you're all just dieing to hear about... Everyone (I assume my butt is that important to you all now...): Yes the sock did work. Well sort of. I'm not sure which smelly end of the relationship rejected who, but the sock was doing its best to flee the situation by morning and I ended up only half healed. The chaffing routine went something like this - I burn the hell out of it with hand sanitizer to 'toughen it up' at night (it supposedly worked for other hikers), and then it feels great for the morning and feels progressively less great as the miles pile on. For a few days I played a fun little game of giving myself a wedgie friction barrier before abandoning all efforts of treatment for the 'grin and bare it' method... either something worked or it gave up for lack of reaction, because I've been chaffe free for a few days now. Thanks for the concern (amusement?) everyone! Hehehe. Next up - Auto reminders (next post)