[pct-l] Foot Expansion

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This explains why hobbits have such flat, wide feet!  Brilliant Discovery :)
I can't wait to have hobbit feet!


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On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:03 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> I?m also wondering what actually goes on when the feet swell ? is  
>> it flattening, fluid, callus, muscle??
> 
> 
> All of them.
> 
> I get edema from drinking a beer. I suppose you might get a little  
> from hiking in the heat, too.
> 
> Your feet may spread apart if given the space. Otherwise you may  
> simply realize that you have always bought your shoes too small. My  
> toes no longer touch each other, especially there is about a pinky  
> finger space between the big toe and 2nd toe that wasn't there before.
> 
> After hiking with a little sand embedded in my wool socks for 700  
> miles, then crossing streams and walking in wet snow and snowmelt  
> with wrinkly skin, my skin became hard as a rock, thick and tough. I  
> could withstand almost anything.
> 
> After many hundreds of miles, my feet were more muscular.
> 
> Some of the enlargement may subside after a while, especially the  
> edema, callus and muscle.
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