[at-l] Bad ankles, and tight laces vs. loose laces

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

This question was buried in a too-long trip report from Wednesday (sorry 
about that, I had NO idea it was that long until it showed up in my inbox), 
so I'll ask again.

The "trail" I was on last Wednesday wasn't much of a trail but rather miles 
and miles of ankle-turning rocks.  I had my NB 804s very loosely laced 
because they're a bit snug with two pairs of socks and because it was going 
to be nearly 100F byt the time I finished the trail.

Because the laces were so loose, when the rocks wrenched my ankles (which 
they did in EVERY conceivable direction with EVERY step for SEVEN MILES - 
augh!) the shoe twisted and didn't take my ankle with it because there was 
enough room for my ankle to stay upright within the shoe while the shoe 
twisted instead, sparing me countless ankle sprains.  Does that make sense?  
Has anyone else experienced this?  Doesn't that go against conventional 
wisdom about ankle support?

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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