[at-l] light shoes

[DaRedhead@aol.com (DaRedhead@aol.com)]

In a message dated 10/16/01 1:50:50 PM US Eastern Standard Time, 
spiriteagle99@hotmail.com writes:


> If you're a dayhiker or a section hiker, there's some vague probablility 
> that it'll do what you expect it to - at least for long enough (time-wise, 
> if not mileage-wise) that you might not be unhappy about paying extra for 
> it.  But if you're a thruhiker, pounding through the mud and the blood 
> every day - you're boots will get dirty (inside) from duff, dust, sweat, 
> tears, and sometimes blood.  

That is an excellent point, which is why I qualified what I said with the 
fact that I'm a section hiker, not a thru hiker :)  Probably a world of 
difference.  But I think that why I loved my boots sooooo much wasn't just 
the Gortex - it was because they fit me perfect and I never got blisters, no 
matter what the terrain or the weather.  The guy at Blue Ridge Mountain 
Sports spent about two hours with me getting a boot that fit - and it was 
well worth the time and money for me.  He really knew what he was doing.  
Toney had the same great experience with his Sundowners, but when I bought a 
pair I hated them.  It is, in the end, a very personal choice, I guess :)

The Redhead


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