Hiking – Some Tips For Buying A Good Pair Of Hiking Boots
Although hiking doesn’t necessarily require a great deal of equipment one item that is crucial to your enjoyment is a good pair of hiking boots. A good pair of hiking boots will give you comfortable support and provide the traction that you need for even the trickiest of surfaces. A bad pair of boots however can make a day’s hiking sheer misery.
Hiking over any distance puts a great deal of stress on your feet and ankles, which is transmitted upward to the legs and affects your back and indeed your whole body. Although most people think in terms of bad boots giving you blisters, the real problem is not the possibility of blisters but a lack of good solid support.
A good pair of boots will provide both the stiffness and springiness that your foot and ankle need. You need to be able to press off the ground, whatever the surface, with confidence and know that your boots will support you. Without this support, sore feet and ankles, or even twisted ankles, are virtually guaranteed.
Many boots today are made from a variety of specialized materials but, perhaps surprisingly, leather...