[pct-l] footwear, blisters

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I was never so hydrated as I was on the PCT. I swear I never had so  
much water to drink. I know that for most people the trail is really  
dry and they suffer, but I hike in places much worse than the PCT and  
in 2008 there was a lot of bonus water on the trail. I also tend to  
hike at home on the verge of dehydration. I'm totally used to  
dehydration, but on the PCT I was waterlogged.

It could have been the goretex in my shoes, but after I traded my  
shoes out in Cabazon for some that had no goretex and were just a few  
pieces of fabric more than a pair of sandals, I can't say it was  
that, either.

Also, shoes I have worn on other trails without blisters gave me  
blisters on the PCT.

I can only guess it's the gentle grade of the PCT. It's too  
repetitive. I'm used to trails that climb steeply, have lots of rocks  
in the trail and that even require me to use loppers and a saw or  
crawl on my belly.

Diane
On Mar 1, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:
>
> Diana's case might be caused by the hydration. I don't know how much
> she drinks in a day. But, if she drink more water, the  friction
> coefficient of her foot will change.