[pct-l] Light Weight Boots

[Bill Spreng]

I have been wearing Hi Tech Altitudes for several years and am very pleased 
with them.  In fact I'm on my third pair and there my choice for a light 
weight boot.  My heavy weight boots are Vasquez's Sundowners.
  Bill, Desert Explorer.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Light Weight Boots


>
> On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:51 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>> The A16 shoe fitters vary from store to store, I have found.  The
>> best fitters by far are in the Averado Canyon store, in San Diego
>> Mission Valley.
>>
>>
> I have never had good luck with people fitting my shoes. They always
> pick shoes that are too small. I don't have much luck picking them
> out myself, either. My feet just do not fit the mold.
>
> The best shoes I wore on the trail were a men's size 10. Some kind of
> river hiking shoe by Columbia that I bought at the outlet mall in
> Cabazon. I brought my sore and blistered feet in the store with my
> backpack and tried every shoe. Men's size 10 is 5 sizes bigger than
> my professionally fitted women's size 7 Merrils. With that huge size
> I had no trouble. Blisters cleared up (eventually) and I never had a
> problem with them being too big. My feet did not slip around inside,
> for example. I filled them up with extra insoles (superfeet plus some
> squishy foam ones) and two pairs of socks. After my feet started
> filling them up themselves, I wore only one pair of socks. They were
> so comfy I preferred wearing them to my croc camp shoes. I almost
> sent the crocs home, but they were too convenient for middle of the
> night peeing.
>
> My feet grew two sizes after my hike. I found some men's size 8.5
> that fit wide enough. New Balance, of course. They actually feel a
> little too big. If I could hike barefoot I would. Shoes are just too
> variable and unreliable.
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