ok, Ladies can anyone recommend a good hiking shoe?
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ok, Ladies can anyone recommend a good hiking shoe?
I have two pairs of Hanwag shoes, and they are the best I've ever had. Really comfortable to walk in all day long, plus the winter boots I have are amazingly warm. They totally saved my toes from freezing last winter :D
http://www.hanwag.de/index.php?lang=2
Here's a short article on how to pick a good hiking boot. This person likes Lowa Renegade GTX-mid.
http://www.literarytraveler.com/gear...rs-dream-boot/
doh! They aren't in the StatesQuote:
Originally Posted by Annamariah
Thanks Qimi, I settled on a vacation and now I need to practice my walking for the trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Where did you decide to go, Papaya?
Oh? Their website says Hanwag shoes are sold in several locations by Moosejaw in Michigan.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
http://www.hanwag.de/dealers.php
http://www.moosejaw.com
I own 4 pairs of these: Merrells.
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb3409581.jpg
They fit me like buttah- like buttah!
I buy them on the web from Sierra Trading Post. Get 'em a full size larger than your regular shoe size, or better yet, go to a backpacking store and try them on, then go on line and order them.
Of course everybody's foot is different. What works for me might cripple you and vice versa.
You've got to call them hiking boots, Papaya. Boots. It's a very masculine game, hiking. That being said, if you want to make a splash, these look pretty amazing:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
http://serotoninjunkie.files.wordpre...05_1.jpg?w=490
I like those. Like...hiking on the runway, haha.
me like a lot!!!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Or hiking through the wilds of your own life.
Nicaragua it has Volcanos and nature reservesQuote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Annamariah
Ya, I'm going to make a trip over to Dallas in a couple weeks to do some shoe shopping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
I do like the fancy, but Ya trying to kill me JW?????Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
:p It's so unnatural and scary looking, isn't it? I found this picture when I was looking for that one:
http://media.katu.com/images/101202_..._shoes_405.jpg
Hopefully she has someone walking behind her the whole way.
That might be the greatest merging of the practical and impractical that I've ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
I prefer to hike in bare feet. I'm a sure footed little beast if left to my own devices, shoes just confuse the issue. Whenever I go hiking in the Badlands, I do it barefooted. Sure, my feet sting a little by the end of the hike and once in a while I get poison ivy but the hike itself is smooth with no slipping or sliding. Stinging feet and a little poison ivy is a small price to play. ;)
I agree with Idril (not that I hike a lot) I don't like shoes that much and I hate, really hate socks! Don't wear them except at work cause I have to. I am always scanning the ground in front of me when I walk and I prefer bare feet. That being said, I am going to Brighton in 10 days and I have already ordered shoes I'm gonna try out and hopefully buy when I get there :)
Talking about shoes, I was working with a girl who has 72 pairs!!! I am planning on buying pair number 5, who need's over 70 shoes?
The perfect accessory for those boots:
http://gadgets.3yen.com/wp-content/i...y-chainsaw.png
Before you head out this way, a word of caution; avoid the backside of Dallas... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugvPm9XA-kQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
You shouldn't have any problem finding a place to get your trail shoes around DFW (or boots depending on the actual type of terrain you plan to trek)
Good luck.
You certainly won't find much good hiking here, either, if you stay long enough to try out your new shoes, I mean, boots.
I love me some Hello Kitty. Thank you, Calidore. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
Pair that up with two of these and you'll be the most stylish person in the zombie apocalypse:Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/u...ullets-gun.jpg
ooo, I think I might pop out to the shops later :D.
72 pairs? Where does she store them all? I grant you, over the years, you tend to buy some for parties and things, and never wear them again because they're more uncomfortable than you thought or because they went wirh a particular outfit you can't wear every day. So, maybe at the end of my life I'll get to pair 72...
I usually have one or two pairs I wear every day, one pair of flat big ones for walks, one pair of boots for the winter (since that season about 10 years ago where I bought my very first pair of boots because they were the thing to have, my legs get cold) and a number of other things like sandals, high heels and things.
When we were in Prague last time I bought my first platform ones.
Humanic the shoe shop (they've got an online one as well, Austrian shop apparently). I had never seen a shop (and it was huge) where I could have bought so many many shoes. And usually I can't find anything to my taste.
The girl I was talking about is 23 years old and some of them are apparently very expensive, she named some designers but I don't know them so I forgot.
:eek: Bl**dy hell, good luck to the future husband! Jimmy Choo, by any chance?
Doh! At the Dr.'s office I found a Vanity Fair from 2010 and there was an article about Christian Louboutin (the shoes with the red soles). All I can say is "ick". The whole article was bizarre and horrible, from a mother and daughter talking about running from the repo man in his shoes to Christian Louboutin talking about fathers wanting to screw their daughters.
Not sure the purpose of the article but it made me strongly dislike that whole scene.
Seriously. I dug up this post to talk about.....wait for it.......shoes. After reading the last few posts there is a bit of a possibility I may be obsessed.
I'm looking for comfortable, cute, sandals/walking shoes. I've scoured the internet and I don't think they exist. They either make me look like pontious pilate or my grandma. Any suggestions?
Become a grandma or look for a Savior to crucify. If you can't beat 'em....Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I always tell people to check out http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/ I own 4 pairs from them and all are so comfortable.
I got some of the nicest sandals I've ever owned from the Bass outlet store at the Outlet Mall in Allen. You can check online, too, also. Just be careful that you're putting in Bass store or shoes or whatever; my computer and is just positive that I want the BassPro store. :D