[pct-l] Socks

[Jeffrey Olson]

This may have been mentioned, so bear with me.  Also this is an opinion, 
not a statement of fact.

The main thing about socks is that they are tight enough not to move on 
your foot.  Thickness doesn't matter - that's personal preference, 
although ragg wool socks pretty much suck at staying tight.

I wear a 14EEEE shoes and large socks, which are usually 10 and a half 
or 11 to 12.  I forgot what I learned last summer and bought a couple 
pair of extra large socks and ended up using them as sleeping socks.

If you walk through a stream or wet meadow and get wet feet, your socks 
shouldn't have a life of their own, shouldn't shift or bunch or fold or 
move at all.  They should adhere to your feet wet and dry.

If your shoes flop around when wet, that's ok.  Your feet are likely to 
expand to fill them, either over the trip, or through the day.

My experience is blisters develop when the sock rubs against skin, not 
when the shoe rubs against the sock, which being very tight, is like a 
second skin.

Also, when your shoes are new, peel off a four or so inch strip of duct 
tape, remove the sole of the running shoe, and stick the duct tape up 
the inside back of the shoe, an inch or so underneath the sole to an 
inch or so outside the shoe.  Wear the shoe normally.  Normal foot heat 
will bond the duct tape to the shoe and voila - no blisters!!!  The duct 
tape rubs against the tight sock, but with little friction, wet or dry...

Just some things to think about!!!

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD, where tonight it's supposed to drop to minus 25 degrees with 
a minus 40 to 60 degree wind chill.

On 1/31/2011 4:53 PM, Brandon McGinnity wrote:
> I found some cheap polyester ankle socks at Payless that I'm looking forward
> to trying out. Though they feel too thin to me, I'm so used to wearing wool
> socks all the time. I may or may not end up actually using them.
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Brick Robbins<brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Steven dvsteven<dvsteven at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Do they make white dress socks?  lol
>> They will be brown after a couple of days anyway...
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