June 15, 2004 I was flogged indoors in the SF Bay Area California by 
Gary ( Yahoo ID=corppun66 ).

By prior agreement, we had planned to use 2 of Gary's cats plus his 
single-tail, plus a cat that belongs to me.  Gary has a naval cat
made of hemp, with tails of 1/4" width, that he got from A&G.  He
also has a prison cat.  Both are modern day replicas of what were 
used in naval and prison floggings respectively.  The single-tail he
used on this occasion is (I am guessing) about 3 feet in length and
has a cracker, probably of nylon.  The cat that I brought is home 
made (by Leatherback Al) with nine tails of nylon.  Before I was 
secured, we had agreed that I would take 80 lashes with each.  This
time, instead of starting with something smaller, I suggested the 
largest whip be used first, the naval cat.  

I was secured with leather cuffs attached to chains hanging 
from from the garage door opener in Gary's garage.
 
Eighty lashes were delivered with the naval cat.  While this makes a
huge "thud" and gives a heavy pain over a large area of my back, it is
not as intense or as biting as the other instruments.  From the video
I can see that the very first lash left a mark, but there were no cuts
or bleeding from the 80 with this cat.

After a break of about 5 minutes (some still photos were taken and I
was given a drink of water), I got 80 with Gary's prison cat.  This is
a much smaller cat and was less painful overall, but also more intense
in places.  It has thinner tails and they land with greater impace and 
this cat is more likely to tear or cut than the first one.

Then I was given 80 with the single-tail whip on my back.  This was
a completely different sensation than the cats.  Very focused intense
pain to a very small area at one time.  Really stings.  In fact the
sting got so bad that I asked to take a drink after only 20 lashes.
After that brief break, another 60 were delivered without stopping.
Sometime about halfway through I managed to pass the level of 
unbearable to a place of total abandon, to where I could feel myself
relaxing and no longer resisting mentally.  At that point, I could
feel the pain even more intensely, but felt happy to take it, even as
I could feel the single-tail wrapping around my side and digging in.
This is so far only the third time I have reached this mental state 
of total acceptance of the lashing, and it to me is a wonderful 
place to reach.  

By the time the alloted number of strokes with that whip were 
finished, my back felt wonderful with agony, but my wrists and hands
were numb, as I was stretched pretty tight.  I asked to be taken down
for a few minutes, to get my circulation going again.  Then I was 
again chained up and given 80 with the cat that I brought.  This 
cat, though not a historical replica, was by far the most painful whip 
used this session.  This had some thud, but huge sting and I could feel
it tearing and cutting into my flesh.  Like being struck with 9 single
tails at once I would say.  The last time this whip was used on me I 
got 72 lashes.  It was extremely painful to take 80 today, but not
ompossible, and I hope in the near future to push that to 100 or 120 
with this mean cat.

With a total of 320 lashes this session, I would call this one of my
most satisfying sessions to date.  The funny thing is that when I take 
a more moderate flogging, the marks really show, but when I get this 
many, the back is just red all over and the welts just kind of blend 
into each other, so the only place that it really shows well is on the 
sides where the wraps show up nicely.  It took more than two weeks for
all the marks to disappear and for my back to fully heal.  

Photos of this session along with some of my favorites from earlier 
sessions are in my profile photo album at:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeans_noshirt_and_whipped/my_photos

Narratives of other sessions and other thoughts I have about flogging
and whipping can be found in the files directory at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mcpf/files/jnsaw/

Sincerely,
jeans_noshirt_and_whipped