[pct-l] My feet are killing me!

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Piper,



Here’s a model of sandal that has stood the test of time and can be made
from readily-available material.  Bonus:  They were made not far east of the
PCT in C. Oregon.  http://pages.uoregon.edu/connolly/FRsandals.htm



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

>
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> >   Diane, you have suggested a wider shoe which makes perfect
> > since.  Can you recommend a wide shoe.  I currently wear the Osolo
> > brand.  Heavy but waterproof which works for me. I'm not rich so
> > can't afford a different brand for each season and I do a lot of
> > winter hiking.
>
> I'm afraid I can't recommend a wider brand of hiking boot. I honestly
> do not think there is a hiking boot that is wide enough. All boots
> and most shoes have a horrible taper that scrunches the toes. Boots
> really hurt my neuromas because they are stiff and force my toes into
> a hyperflexed, upward pointing angle. This is the same angle my toes
> would be in were I wearing high heeled ladies shoes. Something I have
> not been able to do since I was 16 years old and first got the neuroma.
>
> I found that my female duck foot fits pretty well into mens 4E
> running shoes. They have to be a model that has all that 4E width in
> the toe area and none of it in the heel or mid-foot area. The New
> Balance shoes I've tried seem more like the width is all over, not
> just in the toe-box. A pair of Brooks 4E width seemed to have all the
> width in the toe.
>
> I have backpacked wearing Chaco sandals. This feels great for not
> causing any neuroma issues, but is even further from something you want.
>
> Since I have had so much trouble with shoes, I've actually been
> trying to learn how to make simple shoes so that I can have shoes
> wide enough for my foot without having to be 4 sizes too long, which
> is what I ended up doing on my PCT hike. Wearing shoes 4 sizes too
> big works pretty well, so it's another option. You really do get used
> to having all that extra length. After a while, you don't notice it.
> Perhaps you can go with only 2 extra sizes.
>
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