Still growing my toenails back after four months.
Throughout the winter, while working at the shop, I do a lot of heat molding of liners for customers buying new AT and telemark boots. Often, when asked whether they want to use toe-caps to allow for some extra room in the toe box, the customer says they want a ‘performance fit’…which typically means molding the liners without them. Most of the time I’m able to talk them into using them because touring in boots that fit too tight up front can be a pain…literally!
Case in point. This past season I substituted the stock liners that came with my Dynafit Zzero 4 CF’s with some Intuition liners I had lying around. The liners added a bit more performance to the boot and some extra padding around the shin area. The liners were molded without toecaps a few years ago and half the time I liked the tighter fit. However, the other half of the time my toes were numb from the lack of blood circulation, or in pain from getting slammed into the front of the liner/boot during long tours or long bootpacks in firm snow. Needless to say, I’m making sure I mold my boots with toecaps in the future.
I’ve lost some of my own toenails a few times over the years, both from trail running and skiing. I think the skiing ones have been during the 2006 24 Hours of Sunlight (3rd overall), as a result of a long, rugged and hot walk out the Tasmin Glacier in New Zealand, and this year, when I attempted to ski the Skillet Glacier on Mount Moran in a day. The trip to the Skillet was on March 23rd, today is July 25th…over four months later and I’m still trying to grow back my toenails.
I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth. My own falling off toenails make me a little queasy, but yours take the cake.
Sorry! 😕
On the Moran trip, my toenails seemed to take the brunt of the forward pressure below the cuticle. So its been a long process of growing that part all the way out.
Hey bro, Can’t you make your point without the grody toe shots!? Yucka doo!
Hey bro, Can’t you make your point without the grody toe shots!? Yucka doo!
smart
Wicked sexy.
Send some out for my mountain bike race i am doing tommorow i need the protein!
What,no blood? Whimp!;-)
Good luck in the race Mike!!!
A good pair of custom footbeds will help with this too by keeping feet from shifting front to back in the boot. Geez, and I thought I had ugly toes.
Slow news day, eh Steve? I hope summer is treating you well. I finally gave into the urge to check your site the other day @ work and was struck by the beauty of your last day on Buck – well done.
Here are some of my personal toe faves (not for the squeamish):
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31100108&l=498e1&id=504846
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/nhtele/lefttoes-sideview-1.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/nhtele/lefttoes.jpg
Nice blog Steve
Another issue with toe bang is the possiblity
of creating bone spurs in the joints of your toes,
or arthritis. Something that makes walking permanantly painful.
Personally from experience this is something nobody wants.
Yikes! Doesn’t sound very fun Bill.
chingao!
bet yer ol lady likes the feel of them under the covers eh?
Fortunately, they’re not the only thing she likes.
Doooooo! 😯
Stop skiing in the back seat!!!
jst kidding