[pct-l] imagination figments

[CMountainDave@aol.com]

Since blisters are  obviously inevitable while hiking through Southern 
California, my only conclusion can be that my belief that I hiked through 
there at 18 miles a day with minimal foot problems must be a figment of my 
imagination or wishful thinking. Ditto for hiking in 105 degree heat downhill 
in the Grand Canyon without blisters. After all it's common knowledge that's 
impossible. Sorry about the misinformation on footware. But somehow, all 
these pictures of chaparral and desert plants got into my desk drawer. 
Bizarrorama!! Maybe I suffered so terribly that I formed a mental block 
against the horrible memories. There seems to be no other explanation. 
      Some questions for lightweight boot proponents to help make me a 
convert. Why do you all start out saying how good they are, but then add all 
kinds of caveats( too small, need inserts, not laced properly,etc. Just 
curious.  Does New Balance offer widths from AA to EEE? Or just regular and 
sorta wide if you cut them up. (I wear EEE). And one more. How do you keep 
them dry in rain and snow country? Galoshes? I would really admire an 
inventive way to do that!  Or should I have the same attitude as you guy's do 
about blisters; It's obviously inevitable, so just grin and bear it. Mountain 
Dave
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