Feet

[pete fraser]

Hi All,
I would suggest getting your boots dirty and wet asap.

the best trick we learnt, we did the ANZAC Day trek was to cover your feet in vaseline every morning, after lunch, whenever you stopped and dried out our feet. we all did that and NO ONE got any blisters at all.

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[phantom]

Hi,
Interesting to read about all the blisters and fun breaking in new boots. Scarpas seem to be like that at first but then they settle down. I have tried dozens of boots and have just bought my second pair of Meindls. They are quite simply brilliant.

I bought the Makalus this time and had the Island Pros before. Both excellent and suited for different purposes. The Island Pros are great all round trekking boots and the Makalus are 'hard core' mmountain boots. They are often rated as The Best boot.
They are pricey $400 > but after two weeks in the bush straight out of the box and NO Blisters they are worth every penny. Super comfy but very very stiff in the footbed.

They are hard to find because of the price but do yourself a favour and hunt them down.

Regards,
Phantom

[pkd]

QUOTE(Waza @ 20 Jan 2005, 06:41 PM) [snapback]1395[/snapback]

Hi Krisaust

Whilst I'm no expert but I would advise to perservere with your boots but ensure they are laced up firmly and that your socks are not loose.

Additionally you can toughen up your feet by
a) walking barefeet as often as you can
walking/running on beach sand as often as you can, hard or soft
c) soaking your feet in metho

Wear your boots everywhere you can, work/fashion permitting of course.

I'm walking the Track in April and I'm have been using mine on mountain walks for a couple of months. Carry band-aids with you and use them as soon as you feel a section of skin starting to rub, if not you will end up with another 50c.

Good luck and keep in touch.

Waza

[johnnycash]

I would totally recomend the vasoline on the feet before the socks go on.
In addition to that, after taking your socks off at the end of the day, i was told to rub tee tree oil all over my feet to help dry them out. This worked a treat.

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