[at-l] Hikin' toenails

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Those of us who routinely tie our boots tight need to be careful...

At the beginning of my thruhike, a lot of hikers were having a lot of foot 
pain.  Many tried tightening their boots to no avail.  For many of us, the 
solution was loosening our boots.  Our feet were growing and that relieved a 
lot of the pain.  That being said, out feet were often lengthening, too and 
we needed to have our boots stretched or just a pair of longer boots.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

>From: "Draggin' Anchor" <dragginanchor@earthlink.net>
>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:04:12 -0500
>
>...
>
>I was told to lace my boots tightly ...
>
>The tight lacing and the knot keep my foot from sliding forward on the
>downhills and kept my toes from banging into the front of the toe box.  I
>haven't lost a toe nail since.


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