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I'm with munch on the velocities... they are great!

How's it going munch?  Haven't seen you since tahoe!  Hope life is treating 
you well..

Mouse

>From: "Tom Kowalik" <moosemunch_7@hotmail.com>
>To: david@emeraldlake.com, pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] (no subject)
>Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 02:45:43 +0000
>
>Montrails trail runners don't agree with my feet, but everyones
>different.  Nor do New Balance which is weird cuz Ive got really
>wide feet and they are one of the few brands that carry wide sizes.
>I started the AT with NB and I ended up in Tevas for 2 weeks, then
>my Montrail Gorre GTX boots for a week, then finally a pair of
>Vasque Velocity.  They are built a bit wide for the average foot and
>for me they work perect, 1 blister on my big toe from Idlwyld to
>Sonora Pass.  They breathe well, but are not as durable as they
>should be.  Id like a bit more rubber on the bottoms.  Great grip on
>rocks and such.  Ive not seen many others using them though.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Munch
>
>
>"DP Wrote:"
>
>Hello from a longtime list lurker and section hiker.
>
>Just got the most wonderful piece of e-mail today: REI says my
>annual
>dividend is $225 (don't ask how it got that high) and on top of that
>they're throwing in 20 percent off any item.
>
>Which brings me to trail shoes. I normally wear a NB 801 or 807 in a
>9.
>I've been a bit perplexed by the lack of consensus on the list on
>whether
>my feet will need a larger size in the desert. There seems to be a
>great
>divergence of opinion on this. I've hiked from Whitney to Willamette
>Pass
>w/o a change in foot size, but I realize the desert is a whole other
>kettle
>of salsa.
>
>With the offer of *free shoes* dangled over my head, I'm considering
>this
>strategy: Go out of Campo with my NB 807s. Send a size 10 pair of
>shoes in
>my Warner Springs bounce box and make the final call then, after six
>trail
>days.
>
>So which shoes? I'm OK with the 807s, but would like to hear
>people's
>experiences both good and bad with PCT use of:
>
>Brooks Cascadia
>
>Montrail Hardrock
>
>Montrail Highline
>
>Vasque Velocity
>
>
>Sorry to burn up bandwidth on this, but the online reviews of trail
>running
>shoes (with the exception of ultra-running sites) really don't
>address the
>kind of extreme use we see during a PCT season. Hopefully if my feet
>haven't swelled a full size, the addition of Superfeet inserts on
>top of
>the existing footbed will fill in enough to make the larger size at
>least
>passable.
>
>Thank you in advance for your consideration,
>
>DP
>
>
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