[pct-l] shoes for crossing JMT streams

[Diane Soini]

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shoes for crossing JMT streams
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This question comes up all the time. It's laughable that anyone would  
bother changing shoes. If you're hiking during regular thru-hiking  
season, the entire trail is a stream. The snow is wet, too. You'll  
spend most of your time trying to figure out a way around the wet  
trail but your feet will still be wet all day. I suppose you could  
hike all day in Crocs but what difference would that make?

I have found, having hiked this wet trail two summers in a row now,  
that once I get to the Sierras and experience nearly permanently wet  
feet my feet toughen up the best they ever get and finally I am free  
of blisters for the rest of the trail. It's the best my feet get,  
actually. And the constant walking in water actually keeps my feet  
cleanest they ever get.

So get 'em wet and don't worry about it. It's the cure for blisters,  
not the cause.

Diane/Piper