I wear an 8 1/2, which is considered rather small. Size 11 and above are considered large for a person under six feet tall. Chip up, now - the most lascivious women seem to equate a man’s shoe size with something else.
Seriously though, climbing around Mesa Verde had to be cool. That vertical civilization without elevators was referenced in the latest “Time Machine” film and touched upon in “Lord of the Rings” elf cities. It’s still a mystery as to what caused those people to quit their relatively secure domicile.
Yeah, I’m a bit bigger than 11 (12 ? I wear flipflops mostly, even in winter, so don’t worry ‘bout shoes). My 4’11 1/2” former fiancee had huge feet for her size, about size 9, IIRC. She, thankfully, did not have a big pecker. I remember my cousin, whose boyfriend at the time was over 6 feet tall and he had these tiny little shoes that I roasted him over. What was worse was that I got huge feet early, before puberty set in, so large were my feet and shoes that the kids would poke me that it looked like I wore full-grown adult combat boots (they were just Reebok high-tops).
We went to Mesa Verde in the summer (back in the ‘90s). Crowded as hell, but we stayed for 2 nights on the mesa top in a lodge. Some places I couldn’t climb the ladder because of my huge feet. I had to go up to some ranger to tell him and he looked at me and couldn’t tell what was wrong... pointed to my feet and he rolled his eyes, “Oh, jeez.” I think I’m part monkey or something, some of my toes are longer than some of my fingers. I just can’t climb like ‘em.