[pct-l] socks

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I think the key point here is that everyone's feet are different.  Montrail 
Vitesse are great shoes but they don't fit my feet.  Find a brand/style that 
works for you by thorough testing BEFORE you start your hike.  Buy two pair, one 
to hike in and a second pair ready to ship to you when you need them.

In my experience, two pair of shoes and at least 6-8 pairs of socks will be 
sufficient for the PCT.  Don't buy more than two pair of shoes at the start.  
One, you may need no more than that and, two, you may find your feet growing a 
bit by the time they have carried you and the pack a thousand miles.  

Where footwear is concerned, it's important to find and use what works for 
you.  Foot problems are high (maybe highest) on the list of hike-killers, so get 
this part of your equipment worked out before you start. 
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In a message dated 1/13/04 10:34:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
kentr-lists@sbcglobal.net writes:

> My shoe/sock system is:
> Montrail Vitesse shoes $80
> Flat Spenco green insole $9
> Birkenstock blue footbed $50
> Smartwool low-cut hiker $13 (x3)
> Fox River X-Static liner sock $9 (x3)
> 
> I expect to go through 4-5 pairs of Vitesses and two rounds of socks.
> The footbeds and insoles should last the whole trip.
> 
> It took me a while to figure this out over several years of hiking,
> trail running and adventure racing but I went from getting blisters all
> the time to hardly ever getting blisters at all. The point is that I
> spent a lot of time on it, not that this system is necessarily right for
> anybody else. Everybody's feet are different.
> 
>