[pct-l] footwear

[Richard Brinkman]

Hi All,

This is likely moot now but in 2015 I started with Hokas and loved the
cushioning but not the toe box. I had Lone Peaks to Echo Lake and loved the
toe box but my Achilles not so much.  From Echo Lake on I went through four
pair of Brooks Cascadia 10, obviously the best shoe for me, but everyone's
feet are different.  

Please be safe!

Roadwalker

-----Original Message-----
From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of
JimLBanks at verizon.net
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:38 PM
To: 'David Hough reading PCT-L'; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] footwear

Hi David, I also started with Lone Peaks and then switched to the Olympus
for a little more cushion.  The initial buzz over Altras has died down, but
from my own observations from section hiking and being on the trail doing
maintenance I still see many hikers wearing them, maybe a majority, and lots
of Dirty Girl gaiters.  Anyone deciding to go with the Altra zero drop heel
should give themselves plenty of time to get used to them, it can take a
little adjusting.  I am to the point that now I can't wear any other kind of
shoe.  The wide actual foot shaped design is so comfortable, why did it take
shoe manufacturers so long to come up with this?  Altra is suppose to come
out with the new version of the Olympus in July, but with the shut down in
China I suspect it will be delayed.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
From: Pct-L <pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net> On Behalf Of David Hough reading
PCT-L
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:45 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] footwear


Getting back to business, hikers occasionally comment on my Altra Olympus
trail running shoes and Dirty Girl gaiters.

I tell them the last time I checked - several years ago - Altras and
Dirty Girls were part of the outfit of PCT through hikers.    I've never
through hiked the PCT, but if you get an outfit you can be a through hiker
too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYCvA-G9Iw

It was Altra Lone Peaks at that time.    I tried a pair and decided the
intimate trail feel was more of an issue than the slight extra weight, so
based on some advice from this list, switched to Altra Olympus which are
similar but with thicker soles, though still zero-drop.

That was then.    Has the herd consensus moved on these days?

Here are the websites if you need them 

https://www.altrarunning.com         you can get them from REI too

https://dirtygirlgaiters.com/		they play well with Altras


And more to the moment -

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/19/recreate-in-place-how-people-are-safe
ly-getting-outside-to-exercise-in-the-coronavirus-age/


And the alternative to through hiking, bits and pieces -

http://pcnst.oakapple.net/


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