November 2nd, 2010
Trekking Shoes - 5 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Choose a Trekking Shoe
Trekking Shoes are the most important piece of equipment for trekking. You’ll be treading thousands and thousands of paces in rough country in them and you definitely do not want to spend days or weeks with sore feet, or even worse injure yourself in the wilderness.
So you have to make sure the shoes you have strike the right balance for your trek between comfort, performance, protection and durability.
All Trekking shoes are not equal. Unfortunately there is not really such a thing as a ‘one size fits all’ trekking shoe. Sandals, trail runners, light boots, heavy boots and mountaineering boots are some of the basic types and trekking shoes can have features of more than one basic type.
You can get away with one pair of hiking shoes on several different treks if the treks are fairly similar and not too demanding. But it is a really good idea to get the right kind of shoe for your trek. It makes all the difference in the world being able to walk comfortably and can often mean the difference between a trekking holiday and a trekking adventure.
A lot depends on the terrain you’ll be traversing and how long you’ll be traversing it for. Generally speaking the rougher the country the more you will need a tougher, heavier shoe that will need more wearing in and be less comfortable.

