[pct-l] shoes, sandals, ursacks, sneering Ultralighters, and Uncle Lorenzo

[Tim Nye]

OK, Call me crazy, but it occurred to me the other day that another option
for crossing fords was to use the insoles that I've replaced with Superfeet
inside my spare pair of socks.  

Has anyone tried this method and if so, did it work?  (Yes, I've got GTX
trail runners...got to this site too late.  I've found though, that my
Solamons non-GTX, have great arch support and I'm wondering if they wouldn't
be adequate although they aren't graced with mesh).

Also, where is an ice axe possibly going to be needed So of KM.  the storms
don't seem to be stopping despite the drought proclamations.



-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of mark v
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:21 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] shoes, sandals, ursacks, sneering Ultralighters,and
Uncle Lorenzo




Most debatable items on the PCT seem to reach a thru-hiker consensus, for
better or for worse.  The shoe/sandal/water crossing issue doesn't seem to
though.  So trust your past experiences and preferences.  Part of the
equation is how wet of a year and what time of year you go.  I did the slog
through and deal with wet shoes method in '08.  I did most of the Sierra
with Emma who actually used (gasp!) goretex.  She swears she actually stayed
DRY by using them for everything except the non-hoppable river crossings.
For those, she (and me too) just went barefoot.  I'm sure there are
conditions where this wouldn't work.  It did for her.

No critters will get in your food in SoCal.  But the Ursack could be very
useful in Washington.  Mice abound, and the occasional rumored grizzly too.

If the sneering ultralighter really got the Independence Chevron to stock
enough hiker food for Sierra resupply, he can sneer all he wants, and i'll
be ok with him anyway.

I was told 2nd-hand that Uncle Lorenzo finished in late September.  The last
i saw of him was Sierra City, but i kept hearing he wasn't far behind me.  


      
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