hannahhiking people. I keep reading that trail runners are taking over and no one is wearing boots anymore. My question is do you get the same ankle support from the sneaker style hiking shoes? I occasionally will do a short hike in normal shoes, but I basically won’t do anything that requires crossing a stream or climbing a bit without boots. It just seems too wobbly (or am I weak???)
Emily Velasco@h_thoreson Maybe I'm the weirdo here, but I just wear water socks ( the $7 ones from walmart) for hiking because I like that they're flexible and it doesn't matter if they get wet. I've never twisted an ankle in my life though, so I could be a bad example.
@MLE_online I actually have those exact shoes but have never ever used them. I bought them for a trip to Maine a long time ago and then they had high winds and it was super cold when I actually went so you couldn’t really be in the water.
This may be different then I sprained and dislocated both ankles a long time ago (not hiking)
Also I moved (agaaaAain) hopefully into a like… final stable place here (bought condo) once I am more settled I should try to stop by sometime?
@h_thoreson It seems like literally everyone I know has stepped off a curb wrong or stepped into a gopher hole and then their ankle is swollen and messed up for a week, so you're probably the normal one. If I do that, my ankle goes sideways and then it's just ... fine.
Congrats on the condo! Yea, let me know when you are settled and we can do something.
My mom had so many problems from those kind of injuries. I was in a car wreck and it was a long time ago but stuff like that can just warp your thinking indefinitely
I also just think?? Maybe I just like wearing boots in general. I was rocking the black Chelsea boots for a few years. Lately it seems like Ugg or hiking boots depending on activity or lack thereof. I wear sneakers more than I used to for non-fitness stuff but maybe I’m just a boot person.
@h_thoreson I have a pair of Justin boots that I really like, but I mostly wear them around town. They're a little too constricting and stiff for me to want to do serious walking or hiking in them.