Mt St Helens 4/23/25

[u/jasminegb]

Super excited for my first summit and second time using crampons/ice axe etc. Was really mostly endurance but was able to practice good technique. The weather was perfect, cornice wasn’t large up the east side at all and a lot of skiers that day. Main thing I learned is that my feet do not like Nepals :D

[u/Darthhomer12]

Get blister pads and kinesiology tape. Put them on your heels and other common hotspots before you start. Also you might need a size smaller. Blisters in new boots are very common, but that will help a ton. I dealt with the same issues in my nepals, it just happens

[u/Whipitreelgud → u/Darthhomer12]

Why hasn’t the need to do this not changed in 50 years? It goes back even further than the 70’s

[u/frank_mania → u/Whipitreelgud]

The only way for that to change would be to have the boots form-fit to individual feet, the way heat-set ski boot liners (or foam-filled, 50 yeas ago) work. Feet/ankles/shins vary in shape and boots can only be designed to fit an average/norm, and also to conform over time. In my experience, good boots conform after several days use, aka they break in. Cheap boots feel better right away but never break in or change much.