[philmont] blisters

Greetings All,

I'm sorry, but I just have to chime in on this one. There are two
reasons to wear your boots extensively before you go on a Philmont trek
(or other hike for that matter). One is to break in your boots,
especially if they are new; the other is to break in your feet.

I have a pair of boots that is well broken in - two Philmont treks and
well over 300 miles. But if I just put these boots on, regardless of
the number or kind of socks I wear, and go hiking, I will be feeling hot
spots inside of two miles, and blisters in three. The reason - they fit
my feet differently than my everyday shoes. They put pressure in
different places, they rub where the everyday shoes don't even touch,
etc. But I find that if I wear these boots in gradually increasing
increments over a couple of weeks, no problems. My feet are accustomed,
i.e. "broken in", to the boots.

Several posts have indicated that this period helps identify where to
put moleskin, Second Skin, etc. but IMHO, that is just your feet going
through the break-in process. And certainly the prophylaxis is one way
to ease the process, but the process is still important to fewer
problems later on.

Anyway, that's the view from my chair.

Happy Trails,

Roy Fisher

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Received on Thu Jul 20 20:07:14 2006