[pct-l] Footwear...again

[walt Durling]

Hi Leslie
IMO, laces rarely are the cause of foot problems while long distance hiking.  It's the shoe and how tight one ties the shoe.

On my 3-month PCT hike last hear, I researched the internet for various lacing techniques.  Most - and there are numerous sites - are geared toward runners, but they apply with equal force to hikers.  The lacing method I settled on is called parallel or footbag lacing.  Basically you lace the bottom one or two eyelets as you normally would, and then run the laces up each respective  side for two eyelets, and then criss-cross the remaining eyelets.  I personally opt leaving the top eyelet unlaced too.  What this does is relieve the pressure on the foretop of the feet, resulting in less toe pressure and more lateral toe movement.  Except for a tiny blister on my left pinkie toe hiking on lava flows in southern Oregon, I had no feet problems, and the shoes were easily taken off and put back on without unlacing.  It looks a bit funky but I found it perfectly comfortable.

I ended up wearing Inov-8 Roclite 295's - lightweight,  quick drying, sticky lug soles, and wide toe boxes.  walt

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> On Jan 31, 2015, at 21:57, Leslie LaRocca <larocca690 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I am still trying to figure out footwear. Does anyone have any
> experience with montrails? Are they like the Brooks cascadia? Are they more
> supportive like Solomon? I am training in Solomon's, but am thinking the
> laces might cause me problems. Any info would be great!
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