[pct-l] Altra shoes

Tue Sep 16 18:31:26 CDT 2014

Me too.  I have had a lot of luck with the green SuperFeet<http://www.superfeet.com/en-us/insoles-and-sandals/green> insoles.

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From: walt Durling [mailto:durlfam4 at icloud.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:05 PM
To: Blanchard, Sym
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Altra shoes

I should have added that I removd the footbed which came with the shoe and replaced it with a better one. No blisters or cramped feet for hundreds of miles.

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> On Sep 16, 2014, at 13:09, "Blanchard, Sym" <SWB3 at pge.com<mailto:SWB3 at pge.com>> wrote:

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> I agree.  It is all very individual and you just have to find your own

> hiking shoes through trial and error.  I got tendinitis with my New

> Balance, quickly wore out my Sun Dragons (after 200 miles), got

> consistent blisters on my right heel with Inov8 Rocklite 295s, and now

> put in over 1000 miles each on my Brooks Cascadia 7/8's (I love them).

> It just takes time and patience to find the right ones for you.

> Symbiosis

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> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Altra shoes

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> I used Inov8 Roclite 295s on my several hundred mile PCT hike this year. I bought them from Zappos, and loved them. They have a wide toe box (the reason I tried them to begin with) and great grippy tread.  one pair lasted about 500 miles and I could have gotten a bit more out of them but had a second pair. Break in time was minimal to none.  Light, rugged, and comfortable.  Highly recommend.

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>> On Sep 15, 2014, at 0:23, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net<mailto:Tortoise73 at charter.net>> wrote:

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>> Hi Carolyn, Scott, et al.

>>

>> I received my pair of Altra Lone Peaks 2 last Tuesday. Wore them

>> around my house a bit. With my usual hiking socks (Smartwood medium

>> weight) the shoes were both short and too narrow. I tried with just a

>> pair of thin liner socks using only Spenco flat insoles -- left foot

>> OK,  right foot still too narrow. Altra shoes may be wider than most

>> but they are not side enough for me. Maybe also the shoes were a bit

>> shorter than my size 10 New Balance. So I've repacked them and will send back to Zappos tomorrow. Alas.

>>

>> I did feel the shoes gave me a better and faster stride around my

>> place. I just need a wider shoe and Altra doesn't make wide shoes.

>>

>> Tortoise

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>>> On 09.02.14, 09:39, CClark wrote:

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>>> Hi Shroomer

>>> Altras no doubt work well for a lot of hikers.  They aren't the best

>>> choice for everyone, though.  My doc thinks I could get foot

>>> injuries from wearing them, because my hamstrings are tight (from

>>> past overuse injuries).

>>>

>>> The doc explained that the way zero-drop shoes work is

>>> counter-intuitive.  You would think, due to the lower heel, they'd

>>> take pressure off of the balls of the feet.  I'm looking for that,

>>> because that's where I get sore and get huge blisters underneath my calluses.

>>> But apparently, zero-drop shoes make our foot roll differently, so

>>> they end up forcing us to actually hike more on our toes than we did

>>> in the first place.

>>>

>>> Carolyn  'Souldoctor'

>>>

>>> <<<<

>>> Message: 2

>>> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:18:13 -0700

>>> From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com<mailto:baidarker at gmail.com>>

>>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Altra shoes

>>> To: Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com<mailto:melaniekclarke at gmail.com>>

>>> Cc: Pacific Crest Trail List <pct-l at backcountry.net<mailto:pct-l at backcountry.net>>,    CClark

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