[pct-l] Shoe size and blisters

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say guys,
I also have rather wide feet and had trouble finding wide enough hiking 
shoes
until I started wearing High Tec hiking shoes.
Most High Tec have a wider than average foot box, reducing the risk of 
the toes
being pressed and rubbing together, which is a major reason for between 
toes
blisters.
The other thing I like about High Tec,....they resist rolling over which 
reduces the
  risk of sprained ankles.

The first things I check when I try out a hiking shoe are...is the foot 
box in the
toe area wide enough for the toes to move freely?....Does it resist 
rolling over?
If the answer is no to either one, I am not interested.
You will find that most jogging or hiking shoes have litle resistance to 
rolling over
if you try to make the shoe roll over.
Most High Tec, on the other hand, seem to resist rolling over and you 
almost have
to force them to roll over.

Sprained ankles and between toe blisters trouble many hikers.
If you are one of those hikers, try High Tec.

JMT Reinhold
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If you can not find a pair of shoes with an adequately wide toe box for 
you, try cutting your shoes toe box to widen it and then reenforce it 
with duct tape. The down side here is that you will need to do regular 
maintaince on the shoe less its life will be dramatically shortened.
Shepherd
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On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Tortoise wrote: >/I'm not mad at smart 
on feet. And I seldom get blisters. />//>/I suspect the major cause of 
blisters is shoes that are too short to />/too narrow in the toe area 
for your feet. If so the toes cannot />/spread as nature intended so 
they rub against each other. />//>/My two cents worth. Comments? />//>/
Tortoise /