If there’s one thing that I have learned from my previous hiking experiences, it’s that the footwear is really important. You use them throughout your entire time while hiking. So, this time, I didn’t want to go cheap on the boots.<\/p>\n
First, I went to a simple Outdoors store. There were a lot of options for footwear and I didn’t know where to start. I didn’t even know my shoe size. The salesman helped me find out my shoe size, so that cut down my choices to a specific shoe size. But there were still too many options.<\/p>\n
The next day, I went to a different store: CAMP4. There were fewer options, but the salesmen really helped me find a goot boot. At first, I said I wanted a hiking shoe, not a boot, since I only planned on doing easy trails. After a few try-outs, we found a good pair of shoes. By “good”, I mean one that doesn’t let my foot slip at the heel, since that would cause horrible blisters, and one in which my toes don’t touch the tip on the inside, not even when going downhill.<\/p>\n
But then I got curious, whether I should get that low-cut shoe or look for a high-cut boot. The salesman said I should get high-cut if I wanted to go on rough terrain, do moderate trails with hills, or if I didn’t exercise routinely and my feet were unprepared for hiking. That last option sound exactly like me, so I decided to check the tougher boots.<\/p>\n
I tried some leather boots, which fit quite nicely. The salesman suggested I try another pair of boots, not made of leather, but made with GoreTex. They were 50% more expensive than the leather boots, and somewhat over my budget. He insisted I at least try them on for comparison.<\/p>\n
As soon as my right foot was in the first boot, it felt so comfortable that Ipaused for a while and closed my eyes. I imagined myself hiking non-stop with those boots. Then I put my left foot in the second boot, tied the knots, and walked a bit around the store: it felt like walking on pure cotton. I have never walked on pure cotton, but that’s what I imagine it must feel like.<\/p>\n
Screw the budget, I would cut it somewhere else.<\/p>\n
So that’s the tale of how I got my Meindl Vakuum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If there’s one thing that I have learned from my previous hiking experiences, it’s that the footwear is really important. You use them throughout your entire time while hiking. So, this time, I didn’t want to go cheap on the boots. First, I went to a simple Outdoors store. There were a lot of options … Continue reading Gear: the hiking boots<\/span>