[at-l] I'm a trail shoe failure

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

This past year, the most famous AT hikers I met were the barefoot
sisters from Maine, who hiked the entire AT barefoot, with the exception
of a few snow/ice sections where they wore shoes . . . and then they
turned around at springer and hiked much of it back north - still
barefoot most of the time . . .

thru-thinker

Jack Bulkley wrote:
> 
> Barefoot seems the obvious answer. Your boots sound like they will make it through the colder spring weather. Then you can just transition to barefoot. By Maine your feet should be tough enough to take the cold or nails or glass or hot coals or ...
> 
> Soulfull
> Jack.Bulkley@sas.com
> Apex, NC
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Amy [mailto:askowronek@mindspring.com]
> Sent:   Friday, February 01, 2002 3:51 AM
> To:     George Bryant
> Cc:     at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject:        Re: [at-l] I'm a trail shoe failure
> 
> George Bryant wrote:
> 
> > 4: After a while either my big hobbit feet have bashed the shoes into shape
> > or the other way around, but my feet and the shoes start getting along
> 
> The obvious point here being that, as hobbits, neither of us
> should technically be wearing shoes.
> 
> -amy
> 
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