[pct-l] footwear, blisters

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Nope, I was the queen of multiple, varied insoles. Everything from  
cushy foam footbeds to superfeet to stacks of insoles. I really think  
it's just the level tread, especially in So Cal.

On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:

> Dear Diane
>
> I am using very soft insole. So I can walk on the Asphalt road for  
> a long time.
> Your insole might be hard for level walking.
>
>
> 2011/3/2 Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes  
> <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>:
>> I was never so hydrated as I was on the PCT. I swear I never had  
>> so much
>> water to drink. I know that for most people the trail is really  
>> dry and they
>> suffer, but I hike in places much worse than the PCT and in 2008  
>> there was a
>> lot of bonus water on the trail. I also tend to hike at home on  
>> the verge of
>> dehydration. I'm totally used to dehydration, but on the PCT I was
>> waterlogged.
>>
>> It could have been the goretex in my shoes, but after I traded my  
>> shoes out
>> in Cabazon for some that had no goretex and were just a few pieces  
>> of fabric
>> more than a pair of sandals, I can't say it was that, either.
>>
>> Also, shoes I have worn on other trails without blisters gave me  
>> blisters on
>> the PCT.
>>
>> I can only guess it's the gentle grade of the PCT. It's too  
>> repetitive. I'm
>> used to trails that climb steeply, have lots of rocks in the trail  
>> and that
>> even require me to use loppers and a saw or crawl on my belly.
>>
>> Diane
>> On Mar 1, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:
>>>
>>> Diana's case might be caused by the hydration. I don't know how much
>>> she drinks in a day. But, if she drink more water, the  friction
>>> coefficient of her foot will change.
>>
>
>
>
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