[pct-l] SOCKS

[Scott Williams]

I used to get blisters routinely when I wore leather boots, even when they
were well broken in, if my mileage topped 15 per day or so, and that was
for over 50 years of hiking.  I now wear cheapo low top socks of any make,
hike in mesh trail runners so big and so loose I look like I've got clown
shoes on, and my feet get so dirty from the fine dust that they look way
worse than those in Diane's picture a few days ago.  I don't change my
socks during the day as I don't have sweaty feet because of the mesh
uppers.  But most importantly, I don't get blisters.  Ever!  2,600 miles
and no blisters, no hot spots, and in all the training and backpacking
before and since, no blisters, no matter how dirty my feet were.  I wear my
shoes so loose, I need to tighten the laces before crossing rivers so they
don't get swept away by the current.  Once over however, I loosen them up
again.  It's almost as if they're barely on my feet, but somehow I can run
trail for hours with my pack and I don't trip on them.

Big, loose, comfortable, highly breathable, clown shoes are the key for me.
 No blisters ever since following the UL ideas regarding footwear.

Shroomer