[pct-l] Socks... And Fire...

[Jeffrey Olson]

Man - there are so many opinions based in wealth of experience. Socks.  
Such an easy place to share.  My perspective...

Use socks that are as tight and thin as possible.  You don't want thick 
heels or toes that can rub back and forth, back and forth - foot rubbing 
against sock.  You want your sock to be a part of your foot, totally 
separate and distinct from your shoe.  If there's any rubbing going on, 
it's between the shoe and sock not between the sock and foot.

The combination of loose shoes, tight socks and rhythmic walking let 
your feet thrive after 100, 300 500 miles and beyond.  Feet spread over 
the weeks and tight socks and loose shoes allow for expansion.

Common wisdom is to take breaks and air your feet out.  If you wear 
tight, thin socks in big ole shoes, the need to stop and air is 
lessened.  Your sweat evaporates better.  Blisters form because of heat 
plus friction plus dampness.  Get rid of the friction and dampness, and 
you can deal with the heat.  No blisters is the consequence of "dealing 
with the heat."

Imagine you're a cartoon character with giant shoes, goofy and 
indolent.  Two months into the hike those goofy, slapping, shifting 
shoes receive the spreading foot.  You'll see it happen after a couple 
seeks.  Six weeks later, your flapping, tightly socked feet are now 
little slapping platforms helping you maintain 20 mpd...

Once you've got control of your foot reality, you can educate your 
fellow hikers about the inadvisability of making fires anytime or 
anywhere except in  case of EMERGENCY.,..  And emergency doesn't happen 
very often.  You can be stupid about your feet and socks and shoes and 
the only one that suffers is you.  If you're stupid about fire, you can 
be responsible for lots of pain in the world.  DON'T BUILD FIRES PERIOD...

Jeffrey Olson
Rapid City, SD, soon to move back to Laramie, WY...






On 2/12/2014 7:02 PM, Diane Soini wrote:
> I think you just get what you like best. Personally, I like short,
> thin socks best. But everyone is different.
>
> On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> From: Jake Handy <jakers329 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [pct-l] Injinji socks
>> Hello all!  Due to the high number of people that recommended
>> Injinji toe socks on here I gave them a go, and I must say they
>> were awesome!  I'm going to switch to them for sure!  Two questions
>> tho, I tried the short ones that just cover my foot and don't go
>> too far up the ankle.  Should I stick with those or buy the ones
>> that go up the calf? Secondly,  how many miles can I expect out of
>> a pair? Til now I was using plain cheap men's polyester dress socks
>> but was chewing thru those in 20-30 miles!!  I hope the Injinji are
>> more durable!
>> Thanks!
>> Jake
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