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Simple solution - buy and wear ArmaSkin socks. My wife and I used them from St JDP to Finisterre and not one blister. They are latex socks you wear under your normal socks. Totally guarantee you will not get blisters. Buy them online.
Only way to beat blisters is to get a pair of Armaskin socks https://www.armaskin.com/
Then you won't get blisters, won't need needles and cotton etc
They're inner socks.
My wife and I used them on our Camino last year - 915 kms StJPDP, Santiago, Muxia, Finisterre. Zero blisters - passed plenty...
Yes, no blisters but we haven't done the FC. Difficult to claim on the guarantee when you are 300kms in on the CM! Actually the merino wool "Hikers Wool" was the saviour for my wife.
No, Australia.
We got them online, have seen in shops in Melbourne. Trekking/camping stores in NZ may have them (I'm from Crusader land). Otherwise online http://www.armaskin.com/
We're doing our first Camino in September following a steep trek on the Heaphy Track in NZ. We word ArmaSkin socks (black latex type "skins" that are guaranteed no blisters and an outer pair of Merino socks. That worked well for me. My wife had problems as her shoes were marginally small so we...
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