Sunburnification

[Daniel Brim]

I don't tan... at all. Therefore I get very bad sunburns, including two blistery ones.

In the summer of 2000 I went to a waterpark; outside for 8 hours with no shirt on, and no sunscreen (stupid stupid stupid!). My shoulders were fried, and I had blisters. To top it off, it peeled too early and scabbed up.

In 2003 I went caving off of Santa Cruz Island on a kayak (one of the coolest things I've ever done, besides robotics). I put on sunscreen, but I was out for 5 hours plus, not counting cave time. I ended up with a full back sunburn (I could not stand up straight) and a sunburn on my ankles that ended up blistering. It hurt to walk for over a week.

Needless to say I learned my lesson. I use SPF 37 (Bullfrog gel, great stuff) or higher. When my family went to DC and other various east coast locales (see my who am I picture) I did not get sunburnt once (although I did get dehydrated... which is another story).

-Daniel