I picked up a couple of boxes I had sent here, the memory cards I ordered on the trail, and a new pair of shoes.
Including some training hikes, I put a little more than 500 miles on the shoes I had worn so far on this hike. They were definitely in need of replacement. A large hole had worn through the side of my right shoe, and my sock was now poking through. I couldn’t have gone much farther wearing the old pair.
Though I wasn’t surprised to only get 500 miles of use out of the shoes, I was disappointed in the way they failed. I wondered if the extra wear was caused by the microspikes I used on snow. The shoes I had shipped to me were the same model, so I was hoping this pair would hold up better this time.
I realized today I should replace my Sawyer Micro Squeeze water filter. This was a big disappointment. It was promoted as being smaller than the regular Squeeze filter but provided a flow rate that was nearly as good. I only found that to be true for a couple of weeks. Now it was painfully slow to use.
I sent a text message to Gilly, who was one of the tramily members who took an Uber to REI, and asked her to pick up a regular Squeeze for me.