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From: barry@ames-lm.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Firewalking
Message-ID: <397@ames-lm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 02:41:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 18 02:41:07 1984
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	To those who reject wet feet as the secret of firewalking (it's
called the "Leidenfrost Effect", by the way; thanks to the many netters
who were kind enough to respond to my question on this) because there
was no water or wet moss in sight: feet *sweat*, friends, especially
when you're standing near a bed of hot coals, and intending to walk across
it barefoot! I'm sure the whole thing's marvelous for the psyche (I'll
take your word for it), but there's nothing mysterious about the physics.

 - From the Crow's Nest -                       Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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