Idon’t think my feet have ever been so broken on any other walk I’ve ever been on… Don’t know wether it’s the lack of soft grassy surfaces, the heat, or the shoes I bought online without trying on! But I’ve got some new insoles from Hike & Bike in town, hopefully their going to relieve some of the pounding.
Cookie & Paul are currently walking the 3000 mile long Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada.
Everything about the walk is on the following pages:
1. You can check on our progress here (or below)
2. You can find out more info about the trip here
3. You can sponsor us here
Tracking our progress right across America is no mean feet. Luckily we've had a good deal of help from the kind folks at Nokia, who supplied us with their latest N82 phone with Sports Tracker. It's what we're using to track our route with GPS, take our pictures and write our posts. Finally it's the tool we use to update the blog, whenever we get reception or a wifi area.
Made in England by Gentlemen is a blog written by Cookie, who generally designs websites, draws cartoons, drinks too much, grows a moustache and browses the web for interesting & amusing stuff. But currently the only thing he's doing is walking northwards towards Canada with his mate Paul, if you're not interested in my holiday pics ;) and were hoping for some visual eye candy, may I suggest you check out my girlfriend's blog: Monster-Munch.
Said, on May 10th, 2008 at 1:48 am :
now that is not pretty :)
Said, on May 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pm :
Your toes are slowly turning into Choads!
Said, on May 11th, 2008 at 3:45 pm :
OH! ow :(
Hope they’re getting better!
Said, on May 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm :
Shoe tips:
1. Try Merells. I’ve gone through just about every hiking shoe out there, and they are almost breakin free from the get go. REI, cabela’s etc has them in most common sizes.
2. Whatever size your normal shoe is, go one size up. Thru-hiking your feet will swell a size for most people. For some it’s only a half size, but this is rare. I used to think this was rubbish, but I wear about a 9.5 to 10 in most(measured to a perfect size 10)… however I was always having problems. Never had a problem since I started using size 11 shoes. Perfect.