[pct-l] shoe sizing, cont.....

[Vermilion Valley Resort]

Writing all of that, in English, on a little NOKIA?!?  Hiro, your 
English is getting better every day!


Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:
> In short, there are following characeristics:
> boots....rigid sole, ankle fixation
> Shoes...soft sole, ankle is free
> The fit is important problem for the both kind.  So, we can eliminate
> unfitted boots or shoes problem.
>
> Boots restrict ankle movements, then forces us to change gait style,
> and we must use upper large musles. And we cannot perceive the details
> of surface structure of earth.---depending these characteristics,
> boots are suitable for heavy load, and long distance walking. Some
> people cannot change their walking style, then they hate boots.
>
> Shoes are light and free. We feel the detail structure of earth from
> foot, and we can walk as usual, we need not change our walking style,
> so many people like shoes. --- But, we feel fatigue, since the sole
> are soft, me must pay attention to the surface structure of the trail.
> Ankle is free, so we must use the calf mustle. Then, shoes are
> suitable for light load and for the strong calf person.
>
> There are many varibles concerning footware. But, basically these are simple.
> Imagin the animals. The feet of Ox, cow, deer, horse, etc are as like
> wearing boots, they are the long distance runners. And the feet of
> cheetah,  mountain lion, etc looks alike wearing shoes, five finger
> shoes. They are fast, but many are not the long distance runners,
> because they use all musles at once. The small muscle is easily
> exhausted. The cheetah is the exception.
> The backpacking boots are the intermittent category between running
> shoes and mountain boots.
> ---I am writing by timy mobile phone NOKIA , now in LA.
>
> 2010/7/29, Tortoise<Tortoise73 at charter.net>:
>    
>> A couple of comments:
>>
>> When I first started hiking and backpacking I wore boots -- first pair were
>> Piveta Muir Trail (relatively light weight) and then later a different one.
>> My feet grew both longer and wider wearing the boots to the point that the
>> boots were uncomfortable.
>>
>> The hiker I took from Scott Mountain Summit because of foot problems
>> (blisters) said he was wearing boots. He had on a new pair that he had not
>> broken in for lack of time, but the boots were the same make and model as
>> his previous boots that never gave him problems.
>>
>> Fit may not be everything in boots and shoes for hiking, but it's very
>> important.
>>
>> Tortoise
>>
>> <>  Because truth matters!<>
>>
>> On 07/26/10 15:48, Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:
>>      
>>> Dear Ned
>>>
>>> This may be the same discussion carried out in Feb. 17.
>>> I also have no experience of feet enlargement. At first, I thought
>>> this phenomena can be observed among only PCT thru-hikers, but I think
>>> there is a latent variable.---shoes vs boots.
>>>
>>> Many people who asserts the feet enlargement wears shoes, but I and
>>> Ned wear boots, and report no enlargement. ( I am  60 years old, so
>>> very old guy ). My Japanese friend who hiked from Tuolumne to Yosemite
>>> reported feet enlargement and blisters and he wore shoes.  I wore
>>> heavy duty boots last summer, and I hiked thru JMT with no trouble.
>>>
>>> This summer,  I have selected ASOLO Expert GV GTX Mountaineering Boots
>>> and heavy duty pack( Mountain Hardwear Solitude, with heavy camera
>>> http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp/SolitudeNow.jpg ), because I must
>>> guide my wife from Tuolumne to VVR, and I must carry 14 days foods.
>>> (28-30 Kg : ca 60 pound )
>>>
>>>        
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