[pct-l] Hiking shoes & Inserts

[Jeffrey Olson]

I'll second this.  Ray Jardine made the point that the quality of the 
shoe didn't matter as you aren't carrying a lot of weight.  It was fit 
that matters.  I can go along with that  - big and wide shoes - but the 
inserts that comes with running shoes and light boots are pretty poor in 
quality, and break down in what seems like hours.

I really noticed the difference in comfort/absence of foot pain when I 
started using Viesturs inserts.  The process of putting them in the 
oven, heating them up, and then in the shoes and standing around for a 
while worked pretty well.

http://www.backcountry.com/sole-ed-viesturs-signature-edition-footbed

Jeffrey Olson
Rapid City, SD

On 9/25/2013 8:18 AM, gary_schenk at verizon.net wrote:
>   Perhaps even more important than the shoe/boot is the insert. A couple of years ago I stopped at the New Balance store in Pasadena and they put me on this gizmo that read my feet. They then recommended an insert. It was expensive, about $60, so I almost blew it off. I got it though, and it was one of the smartest things I ever did. Before they finally got too stinky and worn out, I got something like 700 miles on those inserts with no foot pain ever. I'm a believer!
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