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Jul. 27th, 2004 05:47 pmMy feet have been restored. I finally went for a pedicure today. Treeplanting is extremely hard on the body, and my feet were a disgusting mass of callouses, with some areas so hard that it grossed me out to touch them. My esthetician was able to restore them to touch-worthy caliber.
Extremely gross things happen to feet when planting. First, everyone's feet get hard and calloused. I only ended up with a few blisters, but some people had blood blisters. You can also develop trench foot from having your feet shoved in wet boots for countless hours. There are three stages to trench foot. In the first stage, your feet develop air holes, as your skin tries to breathe. In the second stage, your feet become permanently pruny, and in the third or "trench foot", bits of your feet actually fall off, which is quite painful. I did develop a few airholes in my feet, but they survived rather well.
Other disturbing things can happen to your body while planting. It's very easy to get infected cuts or scrapes, and it is commonplace to acquire some new cuts and scrapes and bruises every day. However, you can also fall prey to "the claw", which is when your hand freezes up from holding your shovel all day. The claw limits your hand mobility and is quite painful. If you're not careful, you can actually starve yourself. You have to remember to eat properly and often, since planters can burn up to 4000 calories a day.
Extremely gross things happen to feet when planting. First, everyone's feet get hard and calloused. I only ended up with a few blisters, but some people had blood blisters. You can also develop trench foot from having your feet shoved in wet boots for countless hours. There are three stages to trench foot. In the first stage, your feet develop air holes, as your skin tries to breathe. In the second stage, your feet become permanently pruny, and in the third or "trench foot", bits of your feet actually fall off, which is quite painful. I did develop a few airholes in my feet, but they survived rather well.
Other disturbing things can happen to your body while planting. It's very easy to get infected cuts or scrapes, and it is commonplace to acquire some new cuts and scrapes and bruises every day. However, you can also fall prey to "the claw", which is when your hand freezes up from holding your shovel all day. The claw limits your hand mobility and is quite painful. If you're not careful, you can actually starve yourself. You have to remember to eat properly and often, since planters can burn up to 4000 calories a day.
