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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
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I recently got back from our Infantry Platoon Commanders course.
It should probably be called advanced digging with all the open country shoveling we did.
Fingers split and bled a bit on 2 fingers.
Climate was high desert. Soil was really dry, low moisture clay.
Huge temp range from day/night.
Our students with farming in the blood were fine in terms of fingers/hands.
Those with girly/desk jockey jobs(like myself), regardless of how much manual labour and outdoorsy stuff we do, all had the same problem.
Barrier cream and gloves helped, but fingertips were chewed up. Two weeks later all good with more calluses for a bit like a farmer.