RE: [Philmont]: Camp Shoes - Sandals not worth the risk of foot injury

Thru hikers run into to problems. Either the soles wear out due to the
mileage or their feet get slightly bigger due to all of the pounding and
need a larger size boot.

I've also hiked the 100 mile wilderness (Maine AT) with an 18 year old who
hiked most of it bare foot with the balance in Teva's with no socks. He had
no problems. Nothing that I would try or ever recommend to anyone. The
point is, it doesn't matter as much what you wear as much as what condition
your feet and ankles are in.

As far as camp shoes, I use a pair of cross country running flats.
Extremely light (11 oz), have fairly flat soles, plenty of traction, they
breath well and don't take up a lot of space. I've used them for side hikes
and backpacking on relatively flat terrain.

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of CoopWright@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:17 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Camp Shoes - Sandals not worth the risk of foot
injury

I can't believe this thread is still going!!!! We seem to love to analyze
things to death. A comment on boot failure. You won't see many. What you
may see is a foot failure with a blister or some other foot problem that
will make it impossible to walk in your boots. I have been following the
journals of some Appalachian Trail thru hikers, and there are always one or
two that had to resort to their second set of shoes because their feet
simply could not handle their boots any more.

Cooper Wright
Co-author of the Philmont Advisor's Guide

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Received on Wed May 26 23:50:33 2004