[pct-l] Feet

[Terry]

I have been reading this entire thread titled "Feet" and the one item that no one has shared to the list is, to always have good quality socks and change them out as soon as they start showing some wear. 
Yes, you can hike in cheap polyester dress socks but, you will probably be posting on this list in the near future,  about your foot problems too. 

Terry

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On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:

> [pct-l] Feet
> 
> Mark,
> I have those kind of callouses allover my feet, even the toes.
> The good thing about those callouses, they are tougher than
> regular skin and don't blister as easy.
> I don't ever get blisters on my feet.
> You could use extra thick moleskin and cut out the center of the
> moleskin under the thick callous, to take the pressure of the thick
> callous, and put the moleskin on your foot or on your insert.
> You could also reduce the thickness of your insert under the thick
> callous to relief the pressure.
> Or you could do like I do and periodically, whenever needed, cut
> down the thick callous with a razor blade to relief pressure.
> I don't shave on the trail, but always carry a razor blade for that
> and other reason....they come in handy and weigh practically nothing.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> ---------------------------
>  Hello All, I have been developing a small callous on the ball of my left
> foot, below the pinky and second toes, and it has been growing slowly over
> the past 2 months.
> Now it is a little uncomfortable when I walk, causing I
> guess a pressure point. I attribute the start of it from a pair of work
> boots I began wearing about 8 or 9 months ago.
> I no longer wear the boots,but my question is, is there a way to remove
> the callous?
> I dont wan't it to get worse, but as it is now, it is uncomfortable.
> Any advice or opinionswould be appreciated.
> Thanks! Mark
> 
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