[pct-l] permit weight savings, New Balance, Trail Pass and thru-paws

[Phil Baily]

Meet at Horseshoe Meadows Campground. It is at the end of the road 
and where the trails to Cottonwood and Trail Passes leave from.
Pieces


At 06:35 PM 3/11/08, mark v wrote:
>All joking aside, you'd best ask your
>canine/side-arm/etc. question to the proper authority.
>  Try the Wilderness Office Of Furry things (WOOF) or
>the Bureau Of Wascally Wilderness Officers, West
>(BOW-WOW).
>
>I just printed  my campfire permit, and planned on
>saving weight by writing down all my
>possibly-necessary addresses, phone numbers, and web
>addresses on the back of the left half, and by
>memorizing and discarding the right half (which are
>just the instructions part).
>
>As i hoof it down the trail, i am planning on trying
>out 2 different pairs of shoes:  Saucony Excursion TR
>and New Balance 811.  I'll bounce one pair up while
>wearing the other and then switch.  Then, when i come
>to a decision which i like better and i know how my
>feet have swollen, i'll order more of one of them.  Is
>this asking for trouble?  I like the Saucony from
>experience, but i don't know whether they'll
>accomodate my foot swelling even though i got them a
>size and a half bigger, and i don't know if they'll
>hold up at all.  The New Balance are new to me.  They
>feel almost as good, but i have no experience in them.
>  I'll put some miles in on them, but i just don't
>think i'm  going to have a decision yet come May 2nd.
>
>
>What are people's experiences with New Balance 811
>expected life?  Especially wearing through on the big
>toe or the heel?  That's where i wear out shoes.
>
>Regarding Trail Pass, 2 questions:  should i worry
>about a lone female hithching from Lone Pine to the
>trailhead (to hike in and meet me on the trail)?
>Also, from the guidebook map, the trails around there
>are a bit confusing.  Anyone have an explanation of
>where we'd meet or a link to a better map?
>
>Hard to think about hiking when i'm sick, but hard to
>think about anything BUT hiking these days...
>
>
>
> 
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