[pct-l] Trail Running Shoes so great?

[Stephen]

Callouses develop, and then can split painfully esspecially when the feet 
get wet a lot in dry weather like crossing a lot of streams in the arid 
Southwest canyons or Sierra.  It can be better then to let them stay damp in 
shoes.  A little moisturizing cream or ointment can help.  This is another 
reason I only hike short distances in sandals and then replace my shoes. 
These cracks can be painful enough to make walking a painful thing when you 
frist get up in the morning.  It does seem to go away shortly as the feet 
warm up to working temp.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Powers" <ken at gottawalk.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Running Shoes so great?


> We have developed a habit of using antifungal cremes to toughen our feet. 
> It
> dries the feet and makes the skin more leathery. It works well for us.
> Marcia just heard about fish with antifungal. I'm not sure what the story
> was, but they were suspicious that it may have been carcinogenic. So we 
> need
> to re-look at using lots of antifungal.
>
> Maybe that's why my feet are growing so big ;)
>
> If you have trouble with splitting heels you might want to be careful
> toughening you feet. Watch those heavy calluses.
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "montypct" <montypct at gmail.com>
> To: <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>; "Scott Bryce"
> <sbryce at scottbryce.com>; "PCT MailingList" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:12 PM
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>
>
> Great question.
> Walk up and down hills at least 10 or 20 miles a week before coming out to
> thru-hike.
> Try to keep your feet dry while you are doing this so your feet can 
> toughen
> up.
>
>
> Lightweight Backpacking
> The fun goes up when the weight goes down
> -Warner Springs Monty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>
> To: "montypct" <montypct at gmail.com>; "Scott Bryce" 
> <sbryce at scottbryce.com>;
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> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Running Shoes so great?
>
>
>> Monty, my friend,
>>
>> So is your advise to make it past mile 110 to wear 'runners two sizes too
>> big and pre-condition feet for hiking?
>> What is your advise regarding pre-conditioning feet, or is that a stupid
>> question?
>>
>> Mtnned
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "montypct" <montypct at gmail.com>
>> To: "Scott Bryce" <sbryce at scottbryce.com>; "PCT MailingList"
>> <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:49 PM
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>>
>>
>>>> ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com wrote:
>>>>> I guess I'm still trying to figure out how come about 75% of thru
>>>>> hikers
>>>>> leave the trail....
>>>>
>>>> I think the number is closer to 40%. In my case it was inadequate
>>>> pre-hike training.
>>>> __________________________________________
>>>
>>> There's a big drop off right here in Warner Springs (mile 110)
>>>
>>> Use to be a much bigger percentage of hikers dropping off the trail 
>>> here.
>>> Almost every case was foot problems.  Usually what I saw was a person 
>>> not
>>> wearing shoes a size and a half to two sizes bigger than their normal
>>> size.
>>> Since the word has been out more to wear bigger shoes, fewer hikers drop
>>> off
>>> the trail here.
>>>
>>> Shoe size appears to be the number one killer here.
>>>
>>> Too many miles on unconditioned feet works its way in there too.
>>>
>>>
>>> Lightweight Backpacking
>>> The fun goes up when the weight goes down
>>> -Warner Springs Monty
>>>
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