[pct-l] Blisters 2-sock approach

[Jereen Anderson]

>From MendoRider. 
Sean, I'm sure that you have had a lot of good advice in PCT-1 - and I haven't read all of the posts on the subject. I did a lot of Sierra backpacking during the 50's and 60's going up to about 15 or 25 miles`per day - - - not as far as some of the hikers do today. In those days I always wore leather boots - 6" high to protect my ankles and a size larger than my normal shoe size. Being leather, they required breaking in. What I and others did was to hike in a stream until they were thoroughly soaked and then hike them dry. The leather would tend to dry to the shape of your foot. Then you needed to oil them really well. We always wore 2 pairs`of socks. The first pair was lightweight slightly stretchy nylon that protected the foot from rubbing (and therefore blisters). The second pair was wool. I don't recall blisters being a problem when I used this approach. Today most hikers don't use leather but the 2-sock idea might help with todays' shoes. Has
 anyone tried that?