[pct-l] shoes with no padding

[juma]

hey, I think I know the how-to on this one.  I met a guy on the northern 
maine AT a couple of years ago who had some ked type shoes but he had 
cut the sole out so that while it looked like he was wearing shoes, he 
was barefoot.  He said it made it 150 miles from springer like that and 
then gave up on the minimalist approach.  He said the biggest annoyance 
was having to watch each foot placement, slowed him down too much.

juma

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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:14:18 -0800
From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes<diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Time for new shoes - old ones made 650 miles....
	what's	available
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It is going to be hard to find trail shoes with NO padding. You may
consider Altra Lone Peaks. The padding you see in the picture looks
way more than they feel in real life. You can actually feel the trail
fairly well under your feet (in other words, rocky trail you feel the
rocks.) I know someone who wore them for the entire CDT. I have worn
them but the ones I bought are a little too small so I need to get
new ones. Another alternative is to contact the shoemaker at
ThoseShoes.com and talk to him. He offered to make me a pair of
custom hiking shoes. I don't know if he can make them with canvas or
only leather though. Also, have you considered good old Chuck Taylors
or skateboard shoes?

On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM,pct-l-request at backcountry.net  wrote:

> From: "greg mushial"<gmushial at gmdr.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Time for new shoes - old ones made 650 miles....
> 	what's	available
>
> what I think I'd like is: something that without padding
> fits reasonably well around the foot [anyone remember the Keds of the
> 1960s - no padding, no foam, just cloth sides - maybe a shoe of that
> mentality]; likewise I think I'm looking for something with a
> harder sole,
> but zero padding underfoot.