[pct-l] Foot Expansio

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I haven't worn high heels since about 1981. They hurt too much.  
Somehow I've managed to get by in life without them. I may not be the  
most feminine girl in the crowd, but I would rather have happy feet.

On Feb 3, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Foot Expansion
>
>> I'd like to know who invented high
>> heals and shoot them. They make no sense
>> to me and yet women wear them. Why?
>
> I completely agree!  They're just sprains and breaks and ligament  
> tears waiting to happen!  My wife has a scar on her knee from Jr.  
> High School when she got a heel caught in a grate, which resulted  
> in a spill.  She also complains when heels sink into soft ground.   
> So...DON'T WEAR THEM!  Just watch people walk in heels and you'll  
> see their feet wobble severely with every step.  AND they throw off  
> one's posture and that ripples all the way up the spine.
>
> As for who invented them, I think it was actually men...in the  
> Baroque period, if I'm not mistaken...for THEMSELVES!  Stupid,  
> stupid, STUPID!!!!!
>
> -Nate, the Trail Zombie
> Newberg, OR