[pct-l] shoes

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good morning, Adrian,

I'm having better luck with my latest pair of NB-806s.  They have well over
1,100 miles on them, mostly on Pacific NW duff trails.  Initially I got lots
of small trail mix in the shoes, unusual because my Spandex gaiters usually
keep it out.  I notice even the small stuff because I wear really thin
socks.  The problem was that the tongue of the 806 is only sewed across the
front, but not along the sides.  Small trail mix would get on the laces just
ahead of the gaiters, and sneak sideways past the tongue and into the shoe.
After I attached the sides of the tongue with contact cement I had no
further problem.

Everything else is fine, except the usual trashing of the fabric inside of
the heels which doesn't seem to bother me.  In a previous pair of NB-805s I
glued really thin pieces of leather inside the heels which totally stopped
the heel fabric wear, but it's kind of a pain to do.

Steel-Eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adrian.borner@ch.abb.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:54 PM
Subject: [pct-l] shoes


> For a long time I am using NB and was very happy. One of the main reasons
> I like them is the availability of extra width models.
> While I used 3 pairs on the AT of the earlier models in 2001 and 2 pairs
> on the first 1'000 miles Southbound on the PCT last year, my most recent
> pair of 806 hardly lasted 500km on the JMT section. Already after a week
> the toe caps became open and sand got into my shoes.
> After the hike I sent them to NB but have not heard anything yet (not that
> I really expect anything).
> Adrian
>
>
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