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The horror! 11-Apr-2008 At 11:54:06 AM MichaelOR

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G'day Josh,
As I said to you at Nuna on Tuesday night, regular showering is an excellent preventative measure ...... but obviously it's too late now!
"The Horror" is a good description of the problem though. Desperate measures for a desperate problem? We were helpful on Tuesday though. Some of these suggestions included urinating on said offending articles, dousing in coke/shellite/metho/vinegar .... and so on. Options also included 'odour masking agents'. Use your imagination here! Something will work.
What we need is feedback from other stinky climbers who have tried these methods.

All I've tried is the washing in water (tap), and drying in the sun. The result was a pair of shoes that I could barely wear - not because of the odour, just the stiffness and change to their shape (they smelt marginally better).
Good luck in your quest though Josh ..... although doing nothing will increasingly free up space around your preferred climbs when Nuna is crowded on Tuesdays. But you will end up having to solo the routes.
Michael
ps I was wrong though - I thought that you would have 10 pages of suggestions on Chocky by now!