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Re: [at-l] re: About the boot/shoe thing

will sent this directly to me, but it's for the whole list:

>Return-Path: gt0556d@prism.gatech.edu
>From: Will Strickland <gt0556d@prism.gatech.edu>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] re: About the boot/shoe thing
>To: mikeh@royalrobbins.com (Michael Henderson)
>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:50:39 -0500 (EST)
>
>I'll add my $200 to this thread (inflation you know)
>
>I hike in Vasque Sundowners right now and am pretty happy with them, but
>I've always went the way of lightweight before these. They feel like a ton
>of bricks on my feet, but when I'm wearing them every day it's not
>noticable UNTIL I switch to lightweights or tennis shoes. I find that
>extra support of my midweights drastically changes the posture I assume
>while walking, especially the orientation of my feet. THe effect is that
>my feet are turned in a bit more than with lights and consequently my
>leg at the hip rotates to a different position. I can see how this
>could make you really sore. It works both ways for me, if I switch from
>light to heavy I get the sore hamstring/calves and hips, but when I switch
>the other way my lower back gets sore. I find that the best thing for me
>is to hike most of the day in the midweights and then switch toward the
>end of the day to my tennies if the terrain permits. It's like giving
>yourself a little push for a few extra miles, but I try to stay with the
>same boot. My ankles are very strong and flexible (benefit of cramming my
>foot into a rock shoe and climbing on tiny edges I suppose) but
>I'm apprehensive about using lightweights until I finish the rocks in PA
>(I'm southbound) just becaused I know at the end of a long day my stride
>gets sloppy and I'll need the support. 
>    I guess what I'm saying is it doesn't matter to me which boot I'm
>hiking in as long as I've been using it for a while. I personally plan to
>take this pair of Vasques through PA, then switch to lightweights. I
>figure I can take a few easy days right after the switch to adjust a
>little, then the advantage of the lights will make up the miles within a
>week after that. Maybe I'm thinking too much, all these northbounders
>getting me excited and I have to wait until June (yeah I know, be happy
>I'm going this year!)
>
>Take care all,
>
>Will Strickland -ANTELOPE- ME->GA '97
>"May the four winds blow you safely home..."
>  -- Grateful Dead--
>Internet: gt0556d@prism.gatech.edu
>
>
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