davidwh_us@yahoo.com
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Just how much should well-fitting boots hurt?
I like my boots snug. No, tight. Ratcheted all the way down on the right foot and next-to-tightest on the left (I'm a podiatric hermaphrodite or something). I try to buckle them more loosely, but they just don't work. When they're at less than the tightest setting, they feel as if they're gripping me up the shin, not around the foot, and I just can't ski well. I don't mind: I unbuckle at least the right boot for the lift. But after a long, hard run, my feet are killing me and I have to stop and unbuckle and rest. I have Surefoot orthotics in them with a felt volume-filler, and they perform well. Is it time to bite the bullet and shop for boots that both work and don't squeeze my feet into knots? Or I do just have weird, wide but low-volume feet, and have to live with it?
I like my boots snug. No, tight. Ratcheted all the way down on the right foot and next-to-tightest on the left (I'm a podiatric hermaphrodite or something). I try to buckle them more loosely, but they just don't work. When they're at less than the tightest setting, they feel as if they're gripping me up the shin, not around the foot, and I just can't ski well. I don't mind: I unbuckle at least the right boot for the lift. But after a long, hard run, my feet are killing me and I have to stop and unbuckle and rest. I have Surefoot orthotics in them with a felt volume-filler, and they perform well. Is it time to bite the bullet and shop for boots that both work and don't squeeze my feet into knots? Or I do just have weird, wide but low-volume feet, and have to live with it?