[pct-l] Seeking Advice on PCT footwear

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<< Still trying to figure out if I should plan on the Limmers for the PCT or 
 are the descents shallow enough (I know they're long) that my toes will be 
 OK in a pair of boots that really aren't narrow enough and won't hold my 
 heels back. >>

As I said, I prefer boots.  My son Brian tells me that the AT (which he is 
hiking right now) is MUCH steeper than the PCT.  However, you've just got to 
protect your toes when you're faced with 6000 feet of unrelenting downhill.  
(As, for example, Mt. San Jacinto to I-10.)  There are many places where the 
elevation changes 4000 feet or more, but you know that.  Hikers have ugly 
feet.

I haven't tried this with boots, but would a 1/8 inch foam pad on TOP of your 
foot help keep your toes from hitting the front of your boots?  It works with 
trail running shoes (which, for some reason even New Balance doesn't make in 
narrow widths.)  

Hey, John Volhoff, any additional advise for the "skinny foot" crowd?