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I'm sorry if I sound sceptical, but have you actually done this?Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
I like using waterproof socks with silk or merino wool sock liners. Work really well!
I have done this - walking in a couple of days of constant rain in Scotland. It does keep your feet dry. But I did find it felt a bit too weird. Kind of slippery inside your shoes. And eventually I just didn’t bother. That said, if someone were really concerned about not getting wet feet (maybe trying to protect doctored blisters) it could help.I'm sorry if I sound sceptical, but have you actually done this?
Me too!!I like using waterproof socks with silk or merino wool sock liners. Work really well!
Not a good idea, maybe when you were little playing in the snow. Your feet will sweat and move inside the shoe causing a blister and stink. Your boots will however be soaked and in need of news papers to attempt drying them over night. Wet feet is inevitable if it rains and you wear poncho or rain gear.Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
A pair of sealskinz socks. Keeps your feet dry and warm. Bit expensive but I have worn them during my time in the military and much much better than putting plastic bags on.Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
I don't know if the one who posted this has done it but I have actually done it with two plastic bags from Rice Cakes (they fit nicely) after I was caught with wet shoes in the cold morning (there was no newspaper to dry them the night before and nothing else to help). I only had the socks inside, none outside, and it was perfect with the bags!!! Laugh all you can but my shoes were dry by mid-morning and then I removed the bags... Believe me, I had a few jealous people around me...I'm sorry if I sound sceptical, but have you actually done this?
Everything you’re saying is what we used to do when I was a little kid growing up in Chicago and went out to play in the snow after school. I’m not sure about walking long distances with that stuff… If it’s really wet, the wetness comes in from above, and you’ll perspire under the plastic anyway…Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
I was caught in heavy rain that would not stop between Orisson and Roncesvalles. Arrived with absolutely soaking shoes. Used the bags with dry socks in the morning and they saved me!"... feet dry in case of Heavy rain."
If you really care about this, just find a shelter ... heavy rain usually doesn't last long.
Otherwise continue walking Camino visualising that pretty soon you will find yourself in a cozy place among your fellow pilgrims, in front of a glass of wine or something..
Sorry to hear wet feet made you uncomfortableI was caught in heavy rain that would not stop between Orisson and Roncesvalles. Arrived with absolutely soaking shoes. Used the bags with dry socks in the morning and they saved me!
I am quite happy to endure rain and wet feet on the way, but I am not a masochist and if I can keep my feet dry the next morning instead of stepping in soaking wet, cold shoes and end up sick, I will do what I can to keep my tootsies dry.Sorry to hear wet feet made you uncomfortableStill, I believe such events are inevitable part of the game... perhaps I may be wrong, but speaking for myself the modern pilgrimage is a great deal of getting out of the comfort zone ..
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho
Right..I am quite happy to endure rain and wet feet on the way, but I am not a masochist and if I can keep my feet dry the next morning instead of stepping in soaking wet, cold shoes and end up sick, I will do what I can to keep my tootsies dry.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather.
This is something fun to try. Every adult should try things like this some time. It is one of the joys of the Camino that we find ourselves doing things that we hadn't done since childhood.when I was a little kid
Exactly! Perhaps you should live dangerously and put those plastic bags on your feet, just once in your life!speaking for myself the modern pilgrimage is a great deal of getting out of the comfort zone ..
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho
People don't get sick any more due to wet feet. Apparently they did in the past.end up sick
so, do you carry sheets of newspaper in your backpack? How much do you carry?Right..
Me? I don’t of courseso, do you carry sheets of newspaper in your backpack? How much do you carry?
This works fine if it's not too cold outside, but one's outer socks still could get wet resulting in wet inner socks (from body moisture condensation). To avoid this, especially in colder environments use two bags per foot, place the first bag over the sock that's against your skin and the second bag over your outer, insulating sock(s). The inner bag serves as a vapor barrier preventing body moisture from reaching your insulating socks where it might condense. The outer bag prevents outside water from reaching your insulating socks.Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
Smart wool socks! I’ve walked days on end in rain all day in the Norte and although feet were wet I didn’t feel that they were wet. IMHO Plastic bags I’m sure would slide around in shoes and risk ankle twisting.Plastic bags are good to put over your socks to keep feet dry in wet weather. Bring 2 light weight plastic produce bags, the type you get from the grocery store, when you buy fruit or veggies. Or any other type of plastic bag should work as well. When it’s raining hard, put one plastic bag over your thin sock and then put on another sock. So it means, put the plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks. You can wear it over your socks too. This will keep your feet dry in very wet weather. Take the plastic bag off once the rain storm is over.
How to dry very wet shoes : Bring a few rolled up newspaper sheets or some paper towels. Crumble up the paper and stuff it inside your shoes, it will dry out over night.
Have hiked for years in Sierra winters using plastic bags for vapor and water barrier, no problem sliding around. Also when bicycling. It conceivably could cause a problem with loose shoes.Smart wool socks! I’ve walked days on end in rain all day in the Norte and although feet were wet I didn’t feel that they were wet. IMHO Plastic bags I’m sure would slide around in shoes and risk ankle twisting.
IMHO, this is not a good idea.
Not a realistic plan to try to wait out the rain in Galicia. Besides, you would still get wet and not get any closer to your destination! Terrible quandary!If it's a torrential rainfall maybe bivouac under a tree for a while and wait out the storm.
Bagged feet may sound odd but I and many others have been doing this routinely for decades in situations ranging from rainy hikes with stream crossings to winter backpacking on skis and snowshoes - results: dry socks, warm feet, no blisters, no discomfort. Provided one uses thin bags and arranges them for comfort (minimize bunching, fold the excess smoothly), one forgets they are there. Stretchy bags help, thin vegetable bags and bread bags work well, the bags aren't stressed much.I couldn't agree more...
Using plastic bags over your feet would be ideal in a survival situation, but for walking a Camino not so much.
If it's a torrential rainfall maybe bivouac under a tree for a while and wait out the storm. No use creating problems with blisters etc... when you have many more miles (KM's) ahead of you.
Yup. Wait under a tree, for how long?Not a realistic plan to try to wait out the rain in Galicia. Besides, you would still get wet and not get any closer to your destination! Terrible quandary!
I also grew up in midwest winters, we didn't use plastic bags as kids, just wore rubber pull over boots and suffered numb feet in winter, but since the early 70's have used bags to keep vital insulating layers, like socks, dry when feet were likely to be wet for long periods - they've worked well in all conditions, summer, winter mountaineering, cycling in rain (wind chill!), 8-10hrs at a time. We don't use them in dry weather, of course, but In conditions that where footwear will soak through we go to the bags and have never had a problem.Everything you’re saying is what we used to do when I was a little kid growing up in Chicago and went out to play in the snow after school. I’m not sure about walking long distances with that stuff… If it’s really wet, the wetness comes in from above, and you’ll perspire under the plastic anyway…
And how some people come up with very old things as new 'hacks' (It's amazing how resistant some are to "novel" ideas they apparently never have tried.
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