Poll on preferred shoes
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Poll: Preferred shoes (was ended 0000-00-00 00:00:00)
| trail shoes/running shoes |
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8 | 21.6% |
| boots |
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29 | 78.4% |
| gumboots |
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No votes | 0% |
| other |
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No votes | 0% |
| Total number of voters: 37 ( Wezleyb, andrew r, eras, hikers delight, Sabine ) See more | |||
| Only registered users can participate to this poll | |||
10 Mar 2014 21:38 #59822
by ghaznavid
Replied by ghaznavid on topic Poll on preferred shoes
Gumboots should automatically get 5000 votes for the locals on both sides of the border...
"Other" - barefoot, slops, crocs, palm leaves, walking on your hands, socks only etc. If the many people who do the chain ladders unprepared completed the above, perhaps high-heels would need to be added to the list
"Other" - barefoot, slops, crocs, palm leaves, walking on your hands, socks only etc. If the many people who do the chain ladders unprepared completed the above, perhaps high-heels would need to be added to the list
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11 Mar 2014 16:33 #59833
by Captain
Replied by Captain on topic Poll on preferred shoes
My Salomon Quest and Cosmic boots are really comfy. After wearing the Quest for a while I managed to get a good deal on the Cosmic...so I use both depending on how cold I expect it to be. The Quest has quite a bit of leather and I find it more insulating than the Cosmic 
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12 Mar 2014 14:34 - 12 Mar 2014 14:35 #59840
by Drakensbergie
Replied by Drakensbergie on topic Poll on preferred shoes
I also have pair of Keens, super comfortable and my favourite "conventional hiking" boot i.e. Blydepoort etc. I used to have a pair of Hi-Tecs 'til the soles came of in the Cape Mountains. Saving up for Salomon Cosmics... Reading some of the reports makes me suspect that some of us VE'ers can hopscotch backwards up Ship's Prow wearing nothing but some slops, so I guess trailshoes could work, but boots for me, and wait for me at the top please 
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24 Mar 2014 08:28 #59935
by JonWells
Replied by JonWells on topic Poll on preferred shoes
Its so strange, I've been giving this topic a lot of thought ever since I saw this thread. Thinking about the countless times that my boots have saved me from spraining my ankle after my foot has landed skew on some rough ground.
It seems that my recent thoughts on the topic managed to tempt fate.
On Saturday myself and two others were returning from Lakes Cave. I took a step down a decline, and my foot landed at an angle, and so the combined weight of my body and pack came crashing down on a sideways ankle. I collapsed in a heap on the floor, and instantly knew that some damage had been done. I inspected my boots to try and see why the had allowed my ankle to turn like that. I realised that I had been wearing my boots loosely laced at the camp, then foolishly forgotten to tighten them properly when we headed off to our next campspot downstream.
Although it was painful, I was still able to walk at a reasonably pace. However my whole ankle had obviously been structurally weakened from the injury, and within 5 minutes on another step down, my ankle buckled again. This time the pain was much worse, and I was properley shaken up by it. I remember thinking how glad I was that this hadnt happened at the top of a pass!
After lacing up the boot very tightly, and using 2 trekking poles to lean on, I managed to complete the 4km to our overnight campsite, and the further 4km the next morning across the relatively easy terrain of the lower Cobham valleys.
Although much of the injury was due to my top laces being too loose, the boot definitely prevented the injury from being a lot worse. I cringe at what would have happened if I was only wearing trail running shoes.
Only tightly laced boots for me going forward
It seems that my recent thoughts on the topic managed to tempt fate.
On Saturday myself and two others were returning from Lakes Cave. I took a step down a decline, and my foot landed at an angle, and so the combined weight of my body and pack came crashing down on a sideways ankle. I collapsed in a heap on the floor, and instantly knew that some damage had been done. I inspected my boots to try and see why the had allowed my ankle to turn like that. I realised that I had been wearing my boots loosely laced at the camp, then foolishly forgotten to tighten them properly when we headed off to our next campspot downstream.
Although it was painful, I was still able to walk at a reasonably pace. However my whole ankle had obviously been structurally weakened from the injury, and within 5 minutes on another step down, my ankle buckled again. This time the pain was much worse, and I was properley shaken up by it. I remember thinking how glad I was that this hadnt happened at the top of a pass!
After lacing up the boot very tightly, and using 2 trekking poles to lean on, I managed to complete the 4km to our overnight campsite, and the further 4km the next morning across the relatively easy terrain of the lower Cobham valleys.
Although much of the injury was due to my top laces being too loose, the boot definitely prevented the injury from being a lot worse. I cringe at what would have happened if I was only wearing trail running shoes.
Only tightly laced boots for me going forward
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