[pct-l] hiking boots??

[kdpo at pacbell.net (Ken Powers)]

I can vouch that age is not the problem.

Ken  @ 59 just completed the Triple Crown in 3 1/2 years

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
To: <Ddd51@aol.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] hiking boots??


> I don't know why you had problems or what type of trail runners you
> wore.  I once mentioned to John Vonoff (author of "Fixing your Feet")
> that perhaps some people litterally are "tenderfeet", and he seemed
> to agree that people's feet are just build differently and some are
> more delicate than others.  OTOH, Ray Jardine (author of many long
> distance hiker books) seems to think that anyone can toughen their
> feet enough to thru-hike in running shoes.
>
> Personally, I have done the section that you are talking about in
> running shoes twice.  Both times I wore plain ole' running shoes (not
> trail runners) and both times I had no problems covering 20+ miles
> per day.
>
> I don't think age has much to do with it, as Jardine is in his 50's
> if I am not mistaken.
>
> Sorry I don't have any answers for you.  All I can say I sthat I
> would never hike in boots again after getting used to running shoes
> for hiking (climbing is a totally different story).  But "to each his
> own" and what works for me might not work for you.  There is no right
> or wrong footwear.
>
> peace,
> dude
>
>
>
>
> > ----- 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.backcoun
> > try.net</A
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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