[at-l] Boots - WIDE boots... recommendations needed

[cwillett@math.uiuc.edu (Christopher Willett)]

I don't have super wide feet, but they are large (14) and high volume.
I don't know the actual width, but my trail boots are a pair of
Raichle Kootenay IIIs, which I think are called the Mountain
Legend or something here in the US (I get most of my gear in
Canada).  The wide width boot is actually a tad bit too wide.
Raichle, Merrell, and Montrail all make big sized boots.  Something
like the Montrail Mazama (a monster boot) might work well.
Or the Merrell Wilderness.  The other possibility is too look
for trail running shoes.  New Balance seems to make shoes up to
ridiculous lengths, so maybe they make them super wide as well.

Chris

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Chris Willett
cwillett@math.uiuc.edu
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~cwillett
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Mara Factor wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I just gave my annual presentation on footwear for the AMC Boston chapter
> Spring Hiking and Backpacking program.
>
> This time, only one person came up to me afterwards asking about custom
> boots.  He has an 11.5 extremely wide foot (5E?) and maybe a narrow heel - I
> forgot to ask.
>
> So, can anyone recommend an off-the-shelf brand/boot that might work for
> this guy?  I'm mostly familiar with the brands that run narrow.
>
> Given the hard to fit nature of his feet, he probably can't be picky in
> terms of the weight of the shoe/boot so I would be happy to bring him any
> ideas people can come up with between now and next week.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mara
> Stitches, GAME99
>
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