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HIGH HUNT TIME!!!!! YEAHAW!!!!
Ellensburg:
--- Quote from: Ridgerunner on September 11, 2008, 11:36:20 AM ---Maybe some monster blisters, hopefully it is a little cooler up there for you guys, either way I can't wait to see the pics and hear the stories when you get back, I'll be wishing I was up there, thats for sure.
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I hiked for like half a mile yesterday and started gettin a blister. Im gonna have to wear bigger socks for 12 miles :(. I don't think im ready to go that far at all but i'll have to man up and do it haha. It will be worth it once im all set up.
klikboom:
i did an 8miler in august and got some bad heel blisters. So i took my boots to a boot fitter in Seattle, and he fixed up the heel by rolling it out a little ($30) and now I've done a 10mile, 14mile, and climbed Mt St Helens in the boots and haven't got any blisters again. You may want to think about it.
Also bring some moleskin and apply in affected area as soon as you start feeling the rubbing. Oh another trick that I've been using is a nice liner sock under my main sock. The 2 socks help transfer the slipping motion to between the socks and not to your skin. ive used the 2 socks in 70-80deg weather and my feet stay fairly cool for gore tex boots.
Good luck, i'll be up in the area this weekend and next weekend.
AAron
Ellensburg:
--- Quote from: klikboom on September 11, 2008, 12:07:51 PM ---i did an 8miler in august and got some bad heel blisters. So i took my boots to a boot fitter in Seattle, and he fixed up the heel by rolling it out a little ($30) and now I've done a 10mile, 14mile, and climbed Mt St Helens in the boots and haven't got any blisters again. You may want to think about it.
Also bring some moleskin and apply in affected area as soon as you start feeling the rubbing. Oh another trick that I've been using is a nice liner sock under my main sock. The 2 socks help transfer the slipping motion to between the socks and not to your skin. ive used the 2 socks in 70-80deg weather and my feet stay fairly cool for gore tex boots.
Good luck, i'll be up in the area this weekend and next weekend.
AAron
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Where do u find moleskin? and what is it exactly?
MichaelJ:
Oh c'mon you ameatures! All you go to do is take a roll of athletic tape, and BEFORE you start hiking put a small 2 1/2" section on your heel (make sure to put it on nice and straight) then put you sock over it. Once your foot is in the boot the tape stays in place really well and I guarantee you no blisters... Anywhere you start to get blisters just put a piece of tape over it. Works like a charm...
Michael
klikboom:
moleskin is like a fuzzy piece of tape, does the same thing (but in a less manly way) that Michael is referring to using athletic tape. You can pick it up at walgreens or any pharmacy type place.
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