[pct-l] Feet

[Scott Williams]

Me too on the dress socks.  I used them alone for many years with no second
thicker sock.  On the PCT I sometimes used them and at other times used REI
hiking socks and when everything wore out on me just before Sierra City, I
was forced to buy the only socks in town, white cotton for little girls!  I
could barely pull them over my feet and each pair lasted only one day
before they were shredded by the grit of the trail.  I walked into Belden
with nearly nothing on my feet but the last of the cotton shreds and my old
tennis shoes.

In the face of this cavalier attitude to my socks, I never got a blister
the whole summer.  Toughen your feet before hitting trail and use shoes
that are big enough for your feet to expand into and then still have some
room for flop.  The only time I feel foot pain now is when I tighten the
laces.  I leave them so loose that I need to tighten them up before river
crossing so as not to loose them.  Some friends have lost them this way so
beware of the stronger streams.

Shroomer




On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Ken Powers <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:

> Nope. I've been wearing sock liners or cheap men's dress socks for many
> thousands of miles. And this is combined with flat, no support shoes (New
> Balance Minimus). No complaints from my feet. :)
>
> I think it still goes back to conditioning and whatever works best for you.
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry" <tsparks56 at aol.com>
> To: "Pct-L at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Feet
>
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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