On the 13th of April 2005 I awoke from my winter hibernation
and received my first flogging of 2005 by Gary.

This time there was a new item on the menu -- a new cat from A&G 
(http://www.aswgt.com/ ) offered to mark the 200th anniversary of the 
Lewis & Clark expedition.  According to A&G a similar cat was used to 
preserve discipline during the trek.  The nine tails are 1/8" thick 
with a single large knot at the end of each.

Gary warned me that this one was 'nasty'.  We agreed that I would
take 3 dozen lashes first with a hemp naval cat, followed by 3 dozen
with a prison cat, to be followed by 3 dozen with the Lewis & Clark 
cat.

I was secured in the garage with my arms tightly stretched up to
chains from the garage opener (at ceiling).  The first 3 dozen were 
given and I was given a drink of water.  Likewise with the next cat.  
When the L&C cat was used, it seemed as if all the impact came from 
the knots.  Now in examining the cat beforehand, I figured that with 
a single knot at the end of each tail, that I would feel both the 
impact of the tail lengthwise as well as of each knot, but it felt as 
if all the pain came from the knots and it was bruising.  It felt 
like all the energy and momentum was concentrated in the knots.  I 
would say that this cat packed as much punch as the first two cats 
combined, if not more.  One dozen lashes wore me down pretty well and 
I asked for and was given a drink of water.  Same thing after the 2nd 
dozen.  After the final dozen I was far more beaten down than I 
thought I'd be, and I was released from the chains for a short 
while.  There were three more whips available that hadn't been
used at this point.  I did agree to be secured again for two dozen
with a single tail, and that would be it.  The single tail, which has 
a cracker on the end, was not nearly as severe as the L&C cat, but
still was pretty potent, especially when it wrapped to my sides and 
in a few cases to my chest.  I have a couple of nice welts about an 
inch from my right nipple.  I consider those wraps a nice bonus!

I have added three photos of my back after this scene to the folder 
"2005 Spring" of my yahoo photo album, and one of the Lewis & Clark 
cat (which I took out of A&G's online catalog) to a folder for whips
and cats.  Unfortunately I did not have a digital camera at home, so 
I could not capture the morning after look.  However the general 
redness had faded and there was a nice pattern of stripes, but mostly 
spots or bruises from the L&C cat.  The look of a leopard comes to 
mind.

All in all, a very satisfying session, and challenging, which is a
good thing.  Yes, I would agree that the L&C cat is a bit nasty.

My yahoo profile photo album has photos of some of my floggings and
whips that were used at:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeans_noshirt_and_whipped/my_photos

There are many great photos and short video clips of 
several people's floggings including some of mine at Leatherback's 
web site:
http://www.markofthelash.com/welcome.htm 

Narratives of other sessions and other thoughts I have 
about flogging and whipping can be found at:
http://www.markofthelash.com/JNS&W_Diaries/

Sincerely,
jeans_noshirt_and_whipped
"Bob"