[at-l] Wet feet

[mathews at uga.edu (Doug Mathews)]

I started in early March and had Merrell boots with stitched soles. 
Switched to lighter gore-tex boots in Franklin, NC....and was glad I did. 
The first pair of these (ASOLO) lasted about 1,000 miles before they wore 
out and started to "leak".

Mainframe -AT2002

At 01:11 AM 2/22/2004, you wrote:
> >From Officer Tacos journal
>
>"As the day wore on my feet got continually wetter and colder. I won't 
>ever hike in non-waterproof boots in the winter."
>
>  He was passing through the Smokies last week when he posted this.  Now 
> that passage got me thinking.  My plan was to use the same style of boots 
> I wore on my last hike (later in the season and during drought 
> conditions).  They are not Gore-Tex but I have coated them a number of 
> times with a waterproofing wax.  I do have a pair of Gore-Tex Vasque that 
> are broken in but they are not as delightfully comfortable as the 
> Solomons are.  Neither of these boots will cause me blisters as I have a 
> couple hundred miles of break-in on both.
>The question for any of you who started this early in the season (Springer 
>Feb 27th) which would you recommend?
>Lwop
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