Why you wear socks.

[DJL 235]

Yeah they were all the way up in my car, my pants were really long, blah, blah, blah. After I took this picture I wiped both ankles with alcohol. Yeah, that felt nice.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[boinky 0]

OUCH!!! I don't even think offering to kiss them would make THAT all better.

Anyway, for all of us pups, could you go over types and lengths of socks recommended to prevent similar incidents? I'm going to my first CReW camp in June and don't want to come home with any of THOSE souvenirs.

Hope you feel better,
Nina

Nina

Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz)
Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance

[DJL 235]

From one pup to another, just wear them. Whatever will comfortably fit in your shoes. These burns weren't really deep, just a little worse than rug burns. Thankfully we were flying Triathlon Hybrids with thick dacron center A-lines. Micro-lines would have been REALLY ugly and this was just some light, three-stack CRW. I got those when the #3 docking on me floated and I slid down his risers when he docked and then slid back up when the pilot gave some rear riser. This happened again when the pilot turned to the right and I was trying to motion him to go the other way and he did a little too abruptly. Whatever, Larry's A-lines were already red.

So, wear socks.

PEACE,

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[AggieDave 6]

Instead of actually putting your ankles in the lines, have you ever just put the inside of your foot there? Puts the lines on your shoes instead of your legs and you still have a solid dock.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[crwmike 0]

You can do this for small verticals and most offsets. With the lines over the arch of your foot you have to be diligent about the grip. There is no relaxing your foot or even a moderately strong tug on the formation will pull it off ...and then some real fun might begin.

While we are (kind of) on the subject, I made another offering to the CRW Shoe God last weekend in Xenia with some questions from some CRWPups about appropriate shoes for CRW. Specifically, with the burn marks on my ankles and the loss of a shoe (yes, I had another pair with me :), someone asked why I didn't wear some sort of high top shoe.

Here's my feelings about that. YMMV. I don't wear high tops (nor do I lace low tops tightly) cause I want to be able to pull my foot out if all else fails. Over the years, I have easily extricated myself from situations that would have, at the very least, required a someone to chop and potentially much worse. A few line burns and an occasional shoe are cheap prices to pay. You might want to buy relatively cheap shores (or at least get a bulk rate).

OK, so we have low topped shoes, moderatly loosely laced ...what else? I buy shoes with relatively smooth sides and soles. You know running type shoes with heavily ridged soles and edges? Well, they love to grab lines and fabric. Big floppy tongue sticking out above the laces ...same thing.

Something on the order of a lighter weight bowling shoe is great! I really hate it when we star burst a 50-way and when someone kicks out precicely on the count, part of their shoe want to hang on for a bit. Landing a biplane ...I want my foot to cleanly separate from fabric/lines at the exact moment I choose. As these moments approach, I switch to the line over the arch of the foot grip and experimentally move my feet around a bit to check that everything is clear.

I only know one experienced CRWDog who wears high top shoes. He believes they are no less safe ...I believe he's wrong.

As far as socks go, I just wear good quality white, cotton Crew (of course) socks. No doubt two pair or extra thick socks would offer better protection, but they are either too hot or ...well, I just don't bother unless I'm going to be doing HOT rotations (or more accurately, someone is doing them on me.

CRW Skies,

Michael

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Instead of actually putting your ankles in the lines, have you ever just put the inside of your foot there? Puts the lines on your shoes instead of your legs and you still have a solid dock.

[faulknerwn 38]

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Here's my feelings about that. YMMV. I don't wear high tops (nor do I lace low tops tightly) cause I want to be able to pull my foot out if all else fails. Over the years, I have easily extricated myself from situations that would have, at the very least, required a someone to chop and potentially much worse. A few line burns and an occasional shoe are cheap prices to pay. You might want to buy relatively cheap shores (or at least get a bulk rate).

[YahooLV 0]

OWWWWWWW!!!!!!!

I KNOW tha'ts gotta hurt!

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