Comments on: How To Tell It’s Time for New Insoles http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/06/30/how-to-tell-its-time-for-new-insoles/ A Hiking Blog for L.A. and Southern California Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: stuart http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/06/30/how-to-tell-its-time-for-new-insoles/#comment-3263 stuart Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:37:02 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.com/?p=341#comment-3263 @end pavement If you hike with a nalgene water bottle or something of similar size, wrap a few layers of duct tape around it for occasions like this. That'll save you quite a bit of space in your pack. @end pavement

If you hike with a nalgene water bottle or something of similar size, wrap a few layers of duct tape around it for occasions like this. That’ll save you quite a bit of space in your pack.

]]> By: stuart http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/06/30/how-to-tell-its-time-for-new-insoles/#comment-3262 stuart Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:33:06 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.com/?p=341#comment-3262 Looks like heel-lift. I got that in both my hiking boots and (especially painfully) in my snowboard boots once they'd gotten a little lived-in. After a lot of experimenting I found that a little padding under the insole under the arch (middle) of my foot makes the problem go away. Just like that. I'd love to hear if it works for anyone else too. Looks like heel-lift. I got that in both my hiking boots and (especially painfully) in my snowboard boots once they’d gotten a little lived-in.

After a lot of experimenting I found that a little padding under the insole under the arch (middle) of my foot makes the problem go away. Just like that. I’d love to hear if it works for anyone else too.

]]> By: End Pavement http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/06/30/how-to-tell-its-time-for-new-insoles/#comment-3259 End Pavement Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.com/?p=341#comment-3259 That reminds me to throw some duct tape into the backpack. Is there anything it can't do? That reminds me to throw some duct tape into the backpack. Is there anything it can’t do?

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