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Post by Coolkat on Nov 8, 2015 6:32:05 GMT -8
Cool! I had no idea that people still did this. However, I'm not sure I'd want to see the price. |
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Post by toejam on Nov 8, 2015 6:49:51 GMT -8
I'm a walk through the water in my shoes guys.
Threads like this always remind me of a technique I tried a long time ago:
(1) Sit on the bank and remove your shoes/boots.
(2) Remove your socks.
(3) Throw the shoes/boots across the stream.
(4) Watch shoes/boots roll down the bank and into the water.
(5) Painfully hurry barefoot across the stream to retrieve shoes/boots before they float out of sight.
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Post by BigLoad on Nov 8, 2015 9:21:55 GMT -8
I've tried everything, and my approach varies with conditions. Sometimes I bring water shoes, sometimes I cross barefoot, sometimes I get my boots wet. I try to avoid the latter, especially if they're likely to freeze overnight.
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 8, 2015 9:57:01 GMT -8
I'm a walk through the water in my shoes guys. Threads like this always remind me of a technique I tried a long time ago: (1) Sit on the bank and remove your shoes/boots. (2) Remove your socks. (3) Throw the shoes/boots across the stream. (4) Watch shoes/boots roll down the bank and into the water. (5) Painfully hurry barefoot across the stream to retrieve shoes/boots before they float out of sight. LOL That technique reminds me of a trip where the rest of us gave up trying to find a place to jump the stream, were walking across, when the guy who refused went further up stream. Next thing we saw was him coming down after his backpack. According to him he threw his pack across, and when it hit the opposite bank it stood up and fall backwards into the stream! His camera gear was in bad shape (Having made fun of me for lining my packs with plastic bags). |
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 8, 2015 9:59:30 GMT -8
Maybe you need customs. What are your current boots? Customs are terribly expensive, and naturally are heavy leather, at a time when my preference runs to light weight, so I haven't tried that route. I'm currently using some lightweight Merrills (the specific style is long since forgotten and no doubt out of production), but I'm not even sure how much it's the particular model and how much luck. Part of my issue is incredibly low-volume feet (though not exceptionally narrow ones), but the other part is that my feet are nearly a half size different. So what works is partly a matter of finding a pair that falls in the right range between the two sizes. |
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 8, 2015 10:10:38 GMT -8
Maybe use thicker socks or different insole for one?
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 8, 2015 22:22:47 GMT -8
Maybe use thicker socks or different insole for one? I've thought about that--but wouldn't that (at least the insole) run the risk of messing everything up by effectively making one leg longer than the other? I have enough biomechanical issues and asymetries without making extras. |
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 9, 2015 8:59:03 GMT -8
Good point, I don't know if that is an issue or not. An exercise book I like says to have yourself measured and wear a heel lift under the shorter leg, but I have not done that so far. Sometimes my leg really feels uneven too, not sure where one does that. I would think if you body is used to uneven that maybe even might throw it off? Still if you could figure that out, you could use the insole that lifts your shorter leg somewhat etc.
I meet a gal this summer who broke your knee cap in a fall, and was walking in an odd way while she healed, she now has a leazon (sp?) and walks a bit off and not that far. Hopefully PT will help her.
I have Morton's Neuroma in one foot, and have had plantar fascias so have been more focused on those issues, using socks to decrease volume (esp. in my Telly boots) and insoles. Sometimes I end up with just one of the supportive insoles, but not for an extended time.
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(I looked in that book it has 4 pages on uneven legs, I could scan it in and link to it as a photo if you want - you can have a friend measure or do somethings with a mirror. If you don't have issues opinions differ if you should correct this. I suppose you could use heel lift or cushion to adjust for different soles to get back to your original length difference or to make them even? Assume that is possible to do and get your boots to fit.)
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Post by tigger on Nov 9, 2015 9:19:18 GMT -8
Most terrain I travel in, there is almost always a tree that I can walk across not too far above or below. Many are smallish creeks that only go waist deep at some point. I never go barefoot as I am concerned with slicing my foot on a sharp rock or other damage due to slick rocks.
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 9, 2015 11:24:21 GMT -8
dayhiker--sorry, I think I was unclear. My legs, to the best of my knowledge, are NOT uneven. But putting different insoles in the shoes would make them effectively uneven--by making one shoe hold the foot farther off the ground than the other. My issue is just different sized feet!
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 9, 2015 11:25:20 GMT -8
Most terrain I travel in, there is almost always a tree that I can walk across not too far above or below. Many are smallish creeks that only go waist deep at some point. I never go barefoot as I am concerned with slicing my foot on a sharp rock or other damage due to slick rocks. I'm not super on balance, so I'm pretty wary of crossing on logs, unless they are nice fat logs. When in doubt, I wade. |
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 9, 2015 12:13:56 GMT -8
Even if your legs are even, if an insole made them uneven a heel lift or cushion could make them even again, assuming one could fit all of that in etc.
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Post by amaruq on Nov 10, 2015 7:30:52 GMT -8
I simply trudge across. In the 3-seasons, my light Merrell hikers drain and dry relatively well. In the fourth-season, I'm already wearing water-proof boots with gaiters and chances are the streams are frozen over. Regardless, I painstakingly bear the immense weight of one or two extra pairs of socks to change into at camp for when the initial pair get wet.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 11, 2015 6:48:37 GMT -8
I either slog right through wearing my trail runners, or cross barefoot. I've done numerous barefoot crossings in winter, because I'm not getting my winter boots wet.
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Post by swimswithtrout on Nov 11, 2015 16:48:24 GMT -8
Where's TNB when you need him ? All of these issues could have been easily eliminated if you just hiked in these..  |
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