[philmont] Recommendations on Boots? - or no boots

Great advice on boots and just as importanly - socks. I'm one that doesn't wear boots but I wear heavier trail walking shoes, same kind of merino wool socks described earlier. In 82 I wore Red Wing low cut work shoes and in 05 I wore, and still do, a Salomon low cut heavy hiker - can't remember the model name. Shoes/boots come in all kinds of combinations of leather and fabric. Sometime last year one of the posts said that a doctor on their committee thought that over the ankle boots promoted sprains on some people. The only sprain I ever got hiking was when I was wearing boots - and just a light day hike.
   
  Guys in our troop who have had good insoles put into their boots/shoes swear by them.
   
  Terry Pogue
  Greater St. Louis Area Council

       
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Received on Wed Dec 5 07:07:43 2007