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ski boot blister question
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If you need temporary immediate relief, go with the tape. If you can't get it to stick because your feet sweat, find some benzoin tincture. I use the individually packaged benzoin tincture soaked swab sticks. No muss no fuss.
I find that I have blisters on most multiday tours, no matter how well the boots fit.
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best of luck
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spot is on both feet, on the inside of my feet, above the middle/rear area of the arch.
Similar for me after long climbs. I have been having a bit of luck applying chap stick to the skin in the area in question beforehand. My girlfriend insists that I carefully record which chap stick is used in this manner, and to never consider using those sticks again after they have been infected by my feet... but hey... my feet blister a bit less.
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I had to wear crocs for a month the spot was so bad. Ever since then I make sure my instep buckles are nice and snug so it restricts the heel movement.
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Which Scarpas?
Hey, that's my boot! I'll try that approach, I've been leaving everything loose. When you say that you leave the two lower buckles fastened - is that pretty tight like you ski them, or looser?
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Hey, that's my boot! I'll try that approach, I've been leaving everything loose. When you say that you leave the two lower buckles fastened - is that pretty tight like you ski them, or looser?
FWIW, Dynafit boot designers have consistently said the forefoot buckle is to keep the heel in the heel pocket and should be set to do that and not released for skinning. Having loose buckles leads to premature liner wear and, in many cases, blisters.
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Hey, that's my boot! I'll try that approach, I've been leaving everything loose. When you say that you leave the two lower buckles fastened - is that pretty tight like you ski them, or looser?
Same tightness as for down. I have a ritual for putting on my boots -- I kick the heel into the pocket a couple of times, buckle the front buckle, buckle the instep buckle, kick the heel again, tighten the front buckle 1 notch, tighten the instep buckle.
The tightness is firm, but not super tight -- it doesn't restrict blood flow to my toes -- but it does keep my heel and foot from moving around.
For the most part, the only time I crank the buckles a bit tighter is if "air" is part of starting the down.
The range of motion in the Scarpa Rush in "walk mode" and with the top buckle loose (and on the green hook) is quite good -- so I don't feel the need to unbuckle the lower buttons.
YMMV, My feet are just slightly narrower than "average" and lack any "interesting" features -- so I have had fewer fit and blister issues that most people since thermofit liners came along (but I have had "hamburger heels" on more than once in the days of leather boots.
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