Yeah, I agree with you on the toughening the feet up thing. I think that’s part of it. I still have other issues though. In my opinion, I think part of my problem is the size of my feet. They are probably between size 12 and 12.5. There are almost no manufacturers that make a size 12.5. So I am usually stuck getting a size 13, and having to cinch them up pretty good cause my feet are probably on the slight side of being medium volume.

At any rate, I have gotten to where I am fairly comfortable. I don’t want to start a Ray Jardine “love ‘em or hate ‘em” tangent so I won’t express my views on him here, but I will say that one of the few good tips I got from reading Beyond Backpacking was to rotate shoes. I do this with my exercising and training, and it has pretty much eliminated blisters and other issues for me.