[pct-l] foot toughening

[herbstroh at charter.net]

I am going to pile on to jomike's comment. I have some Merril Ventilator
trail runners. I get getting hot spots by my little toe and on the balls of
my feet. I tried different socks, taping, moleskin, foot powder, etc., all
to no effect. But after experimenting with various lacing methods I found
tighening the laces closer to the toes reduced slide movement forward and
eliminated the hot spots.

It is critcal that you spend some time hiking, with a pack on, up and down
hills, at pace, BEFORE you get out in the back country. It took me 60-70
miles over two weeks of local hikes to engineer a solution.

Original Message:
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From:  jomike at cot.net
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:18:16 -0700
To: pct-l at backcountry.net, gwtmp01 at mac.com
Subject: [pct-l] foot toughening


Another tip: Experiment with different lacing
methods. I had a pair of Vasque Velocities that
were causing me all sorts of trouble until I
realized that I was tying them too tightly towards
the front of my foot.  Once I eased up a bit in
that area everything was great.

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There are a lot of examples of tying shoes for best fit in numerous
books/guides. I unfortunately cannot think of a one at the moment. Damn.
All I do know is that tying techniques can make or break the blister
situation.

are we there yet
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