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So sorry! You must be getting really tired of trying to find the right sandals.Tonight my feet just hurt, both top and bottom. So for the next few days I will go back to being barefoot most of the time. It's still 34C in the heat of the day here. Once my feet are rested, I'll go back to experimenting.
I live in sandals, have for years. The old hiking shoes I have are worn out and no longer made. After trying on several pair of shoes, I gave up. My heel is narrow and my foot is very wide.So sorry! You must be getting really tired of trying to find the right sandals.
I know I am in a minority, but I didn't think sandals were all that necessary. I know plenty of people advocate walking the trail with them--but I am not one of them. If you have a pair of boots or trail shoes that will fit your foot after walking for 6-8 hr (it will probably be one to one and a half sizes larger than you have in your closet), that have the right correction for pronation and supination, and are well cushioned and well broken in, you could walk with them and a pair of flip flops (for wear for a couple of hours around the albergue). People who say they had to stop wearing their boots/shoes and walk in their sandals did not have the right boot/shoe.
good luck on the hunt
REI has Topo trail shoes, will check them out the next time we go there. Thanks.For what it's worth my Topo trail shoes, which are designed to be very similar to being barefoot, did me really well without one blister. They were very comfortable from the time I first put them on. They have a wide toe box and narrow heel. I wore them with Ininji toe sock liners and woollen Tilley socks.
All the best with finding your perfect solution!!
My Ecco Yucatan sandals feel great on the top. The straps are comfortable and I really like the fact that all of the straps, including the back, are adjustable. The foot pad has no give so the bottom of my feet hurt.
Just got the Teva sandals. Wore them for several hours for two days. The foot pad is very nice, the heal has a cushioned area my feet love. The straps are not comfortable at all. Too narrow and the webbing type of strap rubs my feet. As the heal strap isn't adjustable I have to tighten the top strap too tight.
If I could get the bottom in Teva and the top in Ecco = happy feet. I don't have princess feet, promise.
The next chapter will be socks.
I have street wear socks that I wore with liners all over Europe and had happy feet. Just ordered liners from Amazon and they will be here later this week.
The thick super short socks help my feet in either sandal. But they are too thick and I would need a larger sandal.
Tonight my feet just hurt, both top and bottom. So for the next few days I will go back to being barefoot most of the time. It's still 34C in the heat of the day here. Once my feet are rested, I'll go back to experimenting.
We will walk in Sept and Oct of 2017.Jo, apologies if you have already said in a previous thread, but where and when are you walking? Could make quite a difference.
I've lived in the middle east for a while, and have wide feet, so I understand a little where you are coming from.
The model I wore were Runventure, which may have been superceded. I had a pair of Rocky Goretex waterproof socks for when it was really wet.REI has Topo trail shoes, will check them out the next time we go there. Thanks.
Hi Jo webber,Quick up date. I have a small blister between my front foot pads, left foot. So a few days off from all of the sandal, sock ...... experiments are on hold.
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