[pct-l] shoe size

[Sir Mixalot]

It's not unusual.  I've gone from wearing shoes as small as size 9 to my
latest shoes being size 11.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM, carol bruno <carolwbruno at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if this was typical.  Since I began section hiking several
> years ago, I have gone from a 6.5 shoe size to size 8.  This is not just
> when hiking and my feet are swollen.  So, now when I by shoes to hike in,
> they have to be a 9 or 9.5 instead of the 7.5 or 8 that I used to buy.  Will
> I eventually be wearing bozo the clown shoes?  Has anyone experienced this
> increase in shoe size after taking up backpacking as a sport.  I thought I
> had read something about it before on the PCT-L, but can't remember if it
> was a permanent increase in shoe size.
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