Smart: Taking a four-mile test walk with backpack wearing my proposed travel clothes and new travel shoes and socks.
Stupid: Taking a four-mile test walk with backpack wearing my proposed travel clothes and new travel shoes and socks.*
I’ve never had blood-soaked shoes before. At least I have several weeks for my feet to recover before the trip. Which will be made in my old shoes.
*I wasn’t as stupid as it may sound, as I had taken several one- and two-mile walks in the shoes, and I thought those preliminary tests had revealed no problems. The socks might have contributed. Still, I’m both really thankful that I had this experience now, before the trip, and at the same time really mad at myself for doing so much damage to my feet.
