“If so, have you figured out a way to manage it?”

Oh yea.
You have good insight “The thing that has worked best thus far is taking frequent breaks to dry my feet off, and changing into dry socks during every break.”


You describe exactly what happened to me in my boot days. Prune feet can cause a lot of problems. Toe fungus and athletes foot will abound.
Thus you need something that dries fast. I have seen NOTHING that beats an open-toe sandal and a good wicking sock. With the correct-fitting sandal, you will not need any other foot-blister treatment.

Other tips, for southeast summers, I would stay away from any type of wool socks. I hear scout masters say “wool keeps you cool in the summer and warm in the winter”. I have found wool ALWAYS keeps you warm and that means sweat. So mitigate some of the problem by switching to nylon or coolmax socks.

May everyone find their foot zen.

-Barry