[pct-l] Hoka shoes

[aslive at charter.net]

I have never heard about being able to step out of your hiking shoes 
without unlacing them before.  Is this to prepare for foot spreading? 
It seems to me that it would result in too loose a shoe and more 
blisters.  Can someone offer me more information on this please?

Shepherd



On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Michael Slusser wrote:

> The people on this list put me onto the barefoot hiking style
> (controversial, I know), and after years of foot and knee trouble, I 
> picked
> up a pair of Altra Lone Peak Zero-Drop Shoes and have been very happy 
> ever
> since. With a pair of Injinjis under a pair of Darn Tough socks, I 
> never
> got another blister.
>
> I also didn't believe the people on this list when they suggested that 
> I
> should be able to step out of my hiking shoes without unlacing them if 
> I
> wanted to, but they turned out to be completely correct about that as 
> well.
>
> ~PE
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:16 AM, <earthford at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Wore Cascadias and other trail runners on AT thru-hike in 2013 and 
>> got a
>> bad case of metatarsalgia (bruised forefeet) and numb toes. Saw a
>> podiatrist who prescribed an expensive orthotic which I hated. Got 
>> Hokas
>> (various types) and with the cushioning was able to hike again (300 
>> miles
>> on the CDT in 2014). Will be in Hokas on the PCT in 2015. I had 
>> problems
>> with the heel cup wearing out at the top which can be fixed with 
>> gorilla
>> tape before the padding wears away. Strongly recommend them if you 
>> get sore
>> feet!
>>
>>
>>
>> Speed
>>
>>
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