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Thermal Fit Liners
I bought my Garmont Excursion G-Fit touring boots two seasons ago at
the Berkeley Marmot shop where they did a nice job of thermal fitting the boots. Paul used a toe cap taped over my liner sock to create a little extra room around my toes. I have done all day, week long tours in the boots with no feet problems. Last year, my wife special ordered the similar Women's Garmont Excursion G-fit touring boots at our local shop. They carry Alpine gear but special ordered the Excursions because they did not stock Telemark or backcountry Garmont boots. The local shop did NOT use a toe cap when they thermal fitted my wife's boots. After a couple of days of all day touring (8 hour days) her toes eventualy turned black and her toenails fell out a couple of months latter. Should the shop have used a toe cap to add room over my wife's foot when they thermal fitted her boots? Edgar |
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All the instructions I've seen have said to use a toe cap.
"Edgar" wrote in message ups.com... I bought my Garmont Excursion G-Fit touring boots two seasons ago at the Berkeley Marmot shop where they did a nice job of thermal fitting the boots. Paul used a toe cap taped over my liner sock to create a little extra room around my toes. I have done all day, week long tours in the boots with no feet problems. Last year, my wife special ordered the similar Women's Garmont Excursion G-fit touring boots at our local shop. They carry Alpine gear but special ordered the Excursions because they did not stock Telemark or backcountry Garmont boots. The local shop did NOT use a toe cap when they thermal fitted my wife's boots. After a couple of days of all day touring (8 hour days) her toes eventualy turned black and her toenails fell out a couple of months latter. Should the shop have used a toe cap to add room over my wife's foot when they thermal fitted her boots? Edgar |
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I bought my first pair long time ago... and Paul was the guy who fitted
them for me. Since then I've fitted my own, using the kitchen stove. Its pretty damned easy to do. Set the temp to directions, fit one liner at a time. Rather than a fancy schmancy toe cap from shoe rubber ala Paul, I just use a socked doubled back on itself a couple/three times so its all thick over the toes. I wonder if your wife's boots aren't too short though. It sounds like the plastic bellows might be hitting her toes at the nail line... I've done this a time or three in hard genuflect falls where you fall forward and the boot pinches down hard on the toes. OUCH! Wearing boots that are too large or too small seems like it can cause this... the place where the boot bends doesn't line up where the foot bends. I use AT more often than not these days... no more toe pinch! (take em to Paul, pay him to fit her... is the answer you might be most comfortable with... tell him about her toenails and of course listen to his advice. Dude knows his ****. DMT |
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