[pct-l] hiking boots??

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

I wouldn't indict all running shoes. Each shoe is different. Yours may not
have been right for your foot. Perhaps the insole wasn't right - didn't have
enough cushion. Perhaps the sole flexed too much, wasn't stiff enough. Boots
can destroy feet too. They certainly did that to my feet. Trail runners were
much better, but even some of those caused problems.

The only sections of the PCT I found that could be a problem were those with
sharp lava - like just north of McKenzie Pass in Oregon and also a short
section coming off the Hat Creek Rim.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <Ddd51@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] hiking boots??


> In a message dated 11/30/2003 11:16:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> tkimmel2@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > <A
HREF="mailto:pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net";>pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net</A
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>
> I've been backpacking for over 30 years, including an AT through trip, and
> until this summer have always worn boots. Beginning last spring I switched
to
> trail running shoes. I did several prep hikes with a full pack over
varying
> terrain and my feet felt fine. It was in 150 mile section hike form Ebbots
Pass to
> the Devil's Post Pile that I lost my faith in shoes. The north Yosemite
> section of the PCT is very rocky, and this type of surface hurt my feet.
The day
> before I entered Yosemite I did 18 miles, but between Dorothy Lake and
Glenn
> Ellen I quit early every day (10 miles) because my feet were sore. This
may be
> something that one can get used to or maybe its age (I'm 53) in either
case I
> plan I returning to boots.
>
> DDD
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