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    Help with shoes!

    I'm female, and had trouble finding wide enough boots, until I realized that men's boots in general are sized with greater width than women's. Once I tried Keen men's Targhee III boots (which are also waterproof, a great benefit) I never looked back. It's really important to let your toes splay...
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    Camino Portuguese packing list (help)

    I also wear nylon pantyhose feet as liners; they’re almost weightless, very thin, and dry in a flash. And most importantly, they keep the shear zone (rub zone between two materials under pressure) between sock fabric and liner fabric, rather than between sock fabric and your skin, and so prevent...
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    Socks (i hate cold feet)

    What has been really useful for me is wearing a pair of nylon sock liners inside a pair of warm socks of your choice. The liners help wick moisture to the outer sock, and because walking creates friction between skin and a single sock, with a liner the friction is concentrated instead between...
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    Lacing - Try preventing blisters, or the dreaded black toenail, with a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock”.

    I brought this set of lacing diagrams on the Camino with me, and found that the little adjustments a couple of the methods made for me kept my very fussy feet relaxed and relatively happy. I shared the diagrams with a German friend whose feet were a mass of blisters soon after he started...

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