[pct-l] what works

[CMountainDave@aol.com]

I couldn't agree more. What works is good. The key word is works. I suggest 
that a lot of suffering soles would attest that their current footware ain't 
working. I'm merely suggesting that, given the journal records, perhaps they 
should buck the herd instinct and reject the Jardinian axiom that "lighter is 
always better" and try something "new". Incredible as it may seem, maybe old 
school custom fit leather hiking boots would do the trick. They've got 
nothing to lose but blisters. 
      When I hiked the northern 200 miles of the PCT in 1998 in blistering 70 
degree heat, guess what? I met about a dozen suffering soles who mysteriously 
were afflicted with the same foot ailments as their Jardinian cousins in S. 
Cal., including one poor gal who would give Ron Moak a run (ouch!) for his 
worst feet title. . Maybe it's contagious?  I can't repeat their comments 
regarding Mr. Jardine without risking exile from this list.      
       My real goal in all this is to plant in the mind of newbies 
considering hiking the PCT in 2001 a new theorum: Lighter ain't necessarily 
better, especially when it comes to footware. If I can save one or two poor 
soles from suffering, surely it will be worth being flamed and defamed.
    Next up on the PCT horror list, BUGS!!
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