[at-l] Re: [BackpackingLight] Ankle Board

I am curious. Does anyone tape or otherwise brace ankles or knees in our 
sport? I see the occasional knee brace worn after injury, but usually 
indicating lack of conditioning and weak quads. There is much lore in 
contact sports and basketball regarding taping joints pregame. I agree that 
many of the high tops do not seem to provide all that much support. I'm 
considering a try with low top trail or running shoes, taping my ankles, 
and seeing how a few climbs go before my next 1-2 weeks out. I suspect 
someone else has tried this and I'd like to avoid re-inventing the Titanic.

;-)

OrangeBug

BTW, I'm crossposting this to AT-L to get other opinions.

At 07:48 AM 12/8/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Message: 18
>    Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:59:52 -0800
>    From: David Olsen <backpacking@now2000.com>
>Subject: Re: Re: Ankle Board
>
>I too have overly flexable ankles from too many crashes in floppy
>leather telemark boots. High top boots are the only way to go for me on
>uneven ground. Though I've tried and still use tennies or flip flops on
>a wide trail, I've really done a number on my ankles in running shoes
>traveling cross country. When wearing proper high tops my ankles will
>still turn, but stop short of causing pain. Not all high tops do this
>for me and it doesn't seem to have much to do with the weight of the
>boot but rather how snugly it fits around my ankle.

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