[pct-l] NBs' -lightweight shoes and Sandals

[Hiker97 at aol.com]

_gailpl2003 at yahoo.com_ (mailto:gailpl2003 at yahoo.com)  writes:  P.S.  In 
regard to my last post, I must also say that I had the same  bad (uncomfortable) 
feeling when I tried on some NB tennies.  Must be that  if varies vastly from 
model to model.
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Switchback replies: Just go to _www.Bite.com_ (http://www.Bite.com)  and get 
some Double X TG hiking  sandals and say good-by to foot problems.  Here how 
you do  it:

 
1.  You have to train in hiking sandals to make sure your ankles are  strong.
2.  Put SuperFeet inserts in the sandals with  SeamSeal/ShoeGoo and Velcro 
tape.
3.  Put ShoeGoo on the bottom of the sandals where you know you wear  
footwear soles.  This should be in your bounce/drift box too.
4.  Wear hiking socks.  These must be cleaned at camp each  night.  Just put 
on the extra pair and let the others day the next day on  the trail.  Simple.
5.  Keep your feet clean too.  You will pick up some trail dust  on your 
feet.  Also, use a good foot cream each night so your foot skin  does not dry out.
6.  For rain I just wear some "water resistant" socks.  No  problem.
 
What is cool to do is blast through a stream when everyone else is stopped  
and changing footwear.  Everyone is sitting around like this stream is a  big 
deal and here you come banging along the trail.  You don't even break  stride.  
You just say, "Howdy", as you quickly walk by, cross the stream,  and blast 
up the trail.  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.  Your socks quickly dry  out hiking on the 
trail in good weather.
 
You will think you have died and gone to heaven when you hike in  sandals.  
You will say, "This is so cool and nice.  That Switchback is  a neat guy."



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