[pct-l] Running shoes or hiking boots?

["Kurt Herzog" <kpherzog@cdsnet.net>]

Tom Hopkins <java2@ix.netcom.com> said:

>>I need some input from anyone who has done the jmt. I am considering
doing it in running shoes with low gaters. I can't wear my old boots<<

Lots of people hike in running shoes or lightweight boots.  I tried
them and they weren't for me.  I am real glad I wasn't at the start of a
200 mile trip when I found that out!

If you possibly can try a shorter trip first, or stick with what you
know works until you have time to experiment without possibly
ruining the "trip of a lifetime".

Good luck . . . Kurt 


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