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Your Worst Sunburn Story - prizes involved :)
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Wade
Joined: 07/23/06
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Bowling Green, KY
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Posted: 01/13/08 2:08pm |
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You may remember the Sierra Summits sunblock review I did recently. Well now Sierra Summits is offering up a gift pack with one of each of their great products for the latest Outdoorzy contest! You'll get a sample of their sunblock, lip balm, pet balm, and bug repellent. It just might "save your hide." (i'm so funny...)
All you need to do is tell us your worst sunburn story. Were you lobsterized on the beach or on the slopes? Peeling for days or suffering for weeks? Give us the details of your worst burn and we'll pick the best story. Then the winner gets a prize pack with one of each of the Sierra Summits products to protect their skin from now on. Pictures are encouraged but not necessary. The story is the important part.
I'm a lover, not a racer... --Wade
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Wade
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Posted: 01/13/08 2:21pm |
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And to get everyone started, I'll kick it off.
It was my first real peak bagging experience, Long's Peak, CO. My partners and I decided to do the the Cables Route.
We hiked in the first day, set up camp. Had a windy night, then started climbing the next morning. Climbed most of the day on snow, placing protection, testing out my new ice axe. Fun stuff. But one thing was forgotten... sunblock. I was at 12-14,000 feet half of the day, on snow (which reflects). The next day my cheeks were brown. Like when you toast something with cheese on it and the cheese gets hard and overdone. JUST like that. I was horrified. My face was nasty looking. I considered going to the hospital but at the time I was just out of college, broke, and didn't give a shizzle. So, several days later, I peeled the tough, hide-like pieces of crusty flesh off to reveal a bright pink burn. I applied aloe every day. After a few weeks I was back to just a normal peeling-burn look. I'll never forget sunblock again at high altitude. Showed what a newbie I was...
I'm a lover, not a racer...--Wade
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abenson
Joined: 10/09/06
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Louisville, KY
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Posted: 01/13/08 3:16pm |
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Every summer I go to the Redneck Riveria AKA Panama City Beach. My Aunt and Uncle live at the quiet end of the beach right next to St. Andrews State Park. This end of the beach is neat because the gulf is on one side and the bay is on the other side. One day I woke up and decided I was going to walk from the gulf side all the way around the park and end on the bay side, a complete circle. I guess I underestimated the length and I didn't have anything except a pair of swim trunks on. So about 7 hours later, nearly dehydrated and walking in the nasty tidal flat area, I arrived almost right back to where I started, (except on the bay side). The rest of the week was miserable as I constantly itched and couldn't sleep on my back.
* This message was edited 01/13/08 7:22pm *
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endercore
Joined: 02/18/07
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Lexington, KY
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Posted: 01/13/08 8:19pm |
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wade
ouch on that story, don't know if that one can be beat!
as for me, i'm not much of a sunblock wearer. Haven't gotten badly burned yet, but I did get a nice life jacket tan this summer.
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KristenG08
Joined: 05/03/07
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West Plains, MO
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Posted: 01/13/08 8:58pm |
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So a few years ago when i still played high school tennis, there was a summer workshop.It would take up 6 hours during the day for a week and was at peak heat periods. 9-noon and then we took a 1 hour break and went back from 1-4. Well the only week the coach could come was the second week in july. The temps got to around 95 or 97 but with the humidity here in MO...well it seemed a lot worse. The funny thing was that I, being a fair complected person, actually wore sunscreen(that sport spray on kind that is not supposed to come off when you sweat). Well a lot of good that did me.I was about the color of a fully ripe tomato and even the whites of my eyes turned red. I couldnt even raise my arms parallel with my shoulders. Couldnt go back the last day because it had even made me physically sick. Needless to say i was peeling for like a week or two after.
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gonzobeer
Joined: 02/08/07
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Louisville, KY
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Posted: 01/13/08 9:09pm |
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I've had some bad burns, the soft skin under my eyelids was a really bad one. But one event stands out.
I was staying in Missoula MT, hiking and horsebacking around in the backcountry with a few friends for a few days since we were all off.
Two or three days into the trip we found the PERFECT campsite. Beautiful views, fresh water, a mountain lake an half mile away....I could go on.
We took a swim in the lake and I was being lazy and took a nap on a comfy rock. Sans shoes of course.
Anyhoo, something in the stars aligned right because the sun reflected right off a little 2 foot pool by my feet directly to the bottom of my feet. After my two hour nap I had a severe burn on the soles of my feet. The rest of my body has a nice, and I might say, sexy tan...where I had applied sunblock.
The arches of my feet blistered so bad that I couldn't put my boots on, or put them in the stirrups....or work for that matter.....25 cents worth of sunblock on my feet cost me around 700 bucks in lost wages.
Licentia Haud Vestigium
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Greensap
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Posted: 01/13/08 9:18pm |
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oh man, my worst one was last summer. I was on a week long backpacking trip around Indian peaks http://www.coloradowilderness.com/wildpages/indian.html. The hike in was great. Except I over pack and I bought every thing but sunscreen. So I set up a base camp on the 3rd day to do some peak bagging. Start up one of the 2 peaks I was going to do that day around 5 am. By 9am it was hot so the shirt came off. By the end of the day I was very happy with my self. I got two peaks and felt great. Little did I know the pain that was coming. The next morning I woke up to what felt like fire ants in my sleeping bag. Jumping out of the tent faster than I ever have before. I realised that I had the worst sun burn of my life, but the worst part is the hike out caring my over loaded pack 17 miles. Lets say I will never forget sun screen again.
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Wade
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gonzobeer
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Posted: 01/14/08 9:23pm |
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Oh, I've gotta hear that one.
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Lynn
Joined: 07/22/06
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Posted: 01/14/08 10:42pm |
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Last year, my sister and I had a yard sale in early May I think. It was cool enough in the morning that we wore jackets, but after the sun came out it got really hot. There are no trees in her front yard, so there was no way to get out of the sun -- not that we thought of it at the time. So the sun came out and instead of going inside for a hat and some sunscreen, this genius puts on her sunglasses. Some 4+ hours later, my face is beyond tomato red and I have raccoon eyes from where my sunglasses were.
One of the things I hate most about having a sunburn is how complete strangers seem to think they should point out your red face and then offer some advice. So when I took my raccoon eyes to Wal-Mart for some solarcaine (awesome stuff by the way), I heard the following:
Oh honey, your face is sunburned!
Wow, that's got to hurt!
Were you out in the sun today? (my personal favorite)
You know, you should try some Noxema, shaving cream (this actually works pretty well), vinegar (ew!), etc.
Outdoorzy.com is awesome!
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