5 February 06

Boots

I’ve been wearing my new hiking boots in the house to try and break them in. I’ve never done this thoroughly before… I think it may have made all the difference in my blisterability.

Yesterday it was gorgeous despite warnings of rain. We hiked up Cold Canyon to sketch Gray Pines. I wore my sister’s old hiking boots, not wanting to push it too hard with the new ones. I have high hopes though.

The shooting stars were in bloom, there was coyote sign everywhere, and the grayghost pines grew out of the hillside at odd angles…

I’ve made some prints of the needles as well as some sketches. I’ll try and upload these tomorrow.

Later: uploading prints of gray pine needles
gray pine first print gray pine second print

Posted by at 08:24 PM in Nature and Place | Link |
  1. i can’t wait to see your sketches – it sounds beautiful! i miss the sierra and the foothills. seems like i haven’t been up there forever. good for you, breaking in your boots early – sounds like a plan to me. i also tend to blister on long treks, and find that double layer socks help too.
    — karen    6. February 2006, 11:04    Link
  2. Youch! Breaking in boots. That certainly doesn’t bring back any good memories.

    Are they leather boots? Breaking them in will take a while, then… several weeks. I’d recommend walking around the neighborhood so that your feet sweat more and that helps shape the leather.

    Also, you mentioned last time that your riding boots are the most compfortable but that the soles aren’t right for hiking… what about taking them to a hiking boot cobbler and having them install Vibram Montagna soles ( for instance here:
    http://www.nativearth.net/repairpage.html )? Very strong, good lugs, last forever.

    Just a thought.
    — Miguel Arboleda    7. February 2006, 21:16    Link

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