Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Thanks! We're literally laying in bed in our hotel room looking at shoes right now. She was settling on Salomos but I just showed her your post.
No problemo, let me know how the hunt goes. Always on the look out for a solid shoe to try.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Don't be jealous. My feet are destroyed right now. Lol. Post pics of your own hike! I have a feeling you got something epic brewing around inside of you...
As if you aren't loving the destroyed feet feeling . You've definitely inspired me to share when we make our next trek. Digging up old pictures from previous runs kinda feels like cheating.
ETA: A period for Shades and to add the note that I'm a Salomon and Keen guy through and through. I can't speak to either the women's makes or to a low-top style but I've never been disappointed with my Salomons
"If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation." -Xenophon of Athens
Xenophon wrote: I haven't seen too many issues with women's shoes/boots being a lesser quality as long as you stick to some of the better brands. Terrain, manufacturing error, personal gait and age of shoe are all far bigger factors in my opinion. If you have particularly small feet (like my my wife) you'll also find it nearly impossible to find a men's shoe that will ever fit perfectly. You may get the length right but that will be about it; typically it will end up being too wide in the heel cup and/or toe. And where these brave adventurers are an ill fitting shoe can be a trek ender.
Dear lord, okay...I wasn't talking about quality. I should have been more specific. Boys shoes have a wider toe box than women's shoes. That's what I meant by perhaps avoiding blowouts on the side of the show. My boys hikers fit me perfectly.
I do have particularly small feet. I wear a boy's size 3.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Jersey Girl wrote:Dear lord, okay...I wasn't talking about quality. I should have been more specific. Boys shoes have a wider toe box than women's shoes. That's what I meant by perhaps avoiding blowouts on the side of the show. My boys hikers fit me perfectly.
I do have particularly small feet. I wear a boy's size 3.
My bad, we will just blame the bad reading comprehension on my wanderlust struck brain! I don't expect a larger toe box would have solved this problem unless she was complaining that the shoe was too tight in the toe and overpronates when she walks (this is my struggle). I'm also amazed that with as small a foot as you have the boy shoe feels good for you, you must have a pretty proportional foot and a "normal" stride to not experience any fitting issues or you just found an awesome shoe for you.
"If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation." -Xenophon of Athens
Jersey Girl wrote:Dear lord, okay...I wasn't talking about quality. I should have been more specific. Boys shoes have a wider toe box than women's shoes. That's what I meant by perhaps avoiding blowouts on the side of the show. My boys hikers fit me perfectly.
I do have particularly small feet. I wear a boy's size 3.
My bad, we will just blame the bad reading comprehension on my wanderlust struck brain! I don't expect a larger toe box would have solved this problem unless she was complaining that the shoe was too tight in the toe and overpronates when she walks (this is my struggle). I'm also amazed that with as small a foot as you have the boy shoe feels good for you, you must have a pretty proportional foot and a "normal" stride to not experience any fitting issues or you just found an awesome shoe for you.
Proportional, yup. Let's put it this way, I don't have Tinkerbell feet.
As for the wanderlust you mentioned. I bet you're obsessing over Cam's posts like I am. Like I want to be "out there".
I live at high altitude in a pine forest with a couple of Aspens floating around. When I see those picks, the pull of home is starting to get to me. The tree canopy, the rocks, the moss, the understory. They want me! I'll be settling for a trip to the UK later this year. That's kind of "out there", right? Maybe more like "over there". ;-)
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Delaware Water Gap. Omg I'm so done with Pennsylvania. 270 miles down and ~920 to go. Oh, and I'm 12 lbs lighter. *squeal*
Let me tell you, man. Those were some hard won pounds.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Delaware Water Gap. Omg I'm so done with Pennsylvania. 270 miles down and ~920 to go. Oh, and I'm 12 lbs lighter. *squeal*
Let me tell you, man. Those were some hard won pounds.
- Doc
You two are amazing. I'm seriously in awe.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Delaware Water Gap?!?!? Are you on the PA or Jersey side???
Go to Jersey! Get real pizza!
I ordered a copy of the movie I mentioned previously. Just came in today. Going to watch it in honor of you and Mrs. Cam because you guys are totally kick ass!
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Thanks, RI. There are all types of people hiking all types of hikes on this trail. We're just two people among thousands poking along. Nbd. I just want to be skinny and beautiful.
Jersey, I saw that movie in the theater after having read the book and hiked the southern half'ish in 2015. I like Redford and Nolte, but I must say actors in their mid-40's should've played those roles. Read the book if you haven't (I don't recall if you mentioned anything about the book).
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
. You've definitely inspired me to share when we make our next trek. Digging up old pictures from previous runs kinda feels like cheating.
