A miracle in the Pyrenees.
For years I have been ravaged by heel blisters. My problem was made worse by surgery on my Achilles tendon a couple of years ago which left scar tissue down the back of my heel. Having tried everything (including the ridiculous) to avoid them, I accepted that for me it was simply about managing the problem and sucking up the pain.
I have had more and more frequent mountain hiking and mountaineering trips over the past few years (2 Alps trips and 1 Pyrenees trips in the past year). I bought these before my recent trip to the Pyrenees (Spain - Alto Aragon, rated as one of toughest hikes in Europe). 7 days hiking averaging ascents and descents of 1000 meters per day over a distance of approx. 20 miles most days. I expected the usual to happen; that is my heels starting to breakdown by halfway through day one. I was amazed at the end of the first day when not only did I have no blisters, I didn’t even have a hotspot. This was how it stayed, everyday expecting blisters to start but nothing. I ended the week without even a blemish on my heels.
Lastly, both Blis-soxs were almost entirely intact at the end of my trip – slight degrading of gel on one heel but hardly noticeable.
For me, these have been miraculous and I cannot recommend them more highly – they have removed the one thing that would get me down when hiking!
