Going out on an adventure with a good footwear is fairly essential. The adventure, in and of itself, won't be enjoyable or exciting if the feet are having a hard time all the way to your target destination. Comfort is the key in any hiking footwear. At the same time, you would want to keep your feet protected as they, along with strong limbs, are the only way to make it to your goal. No cars, no horses to ride on and it's a shame if your buddy has got no choice but to carry you when you get injured feet.
So talking about comfort and protection, I have here a rundown of why you should opt for wearing sandals on a hiking trip (since the sun is heating up above on Australia). Sandals work well in warmer weather and on stuff that are light and comfortable like the Black Wolf bags.
Let's move on to convincing you with the hope that you can learn something from the list down below:
Dry out your feet. Sandals help in keeping your feet dry all throughout the journey. Wet feet, yes, it's inevitable. Coz you would walk along shallow rivers, streams, swamps, mud and the like. And wet feet trapped in an enclosed pair of shoes are not a good thing.
You can wear it around the campsite. Reaching to the campsite, we remove our shoes to get our tired feet dry and get some fresh air to breathe. But with sandals, you can wear it all along as you set up your camp, as you sit beside the bonfire and eat.
You can wear them on other circumstances. Hiking sandals are not only great for the outdoor adventures. Rather than being condemned in the shoe place after the many walks on soil, mud and rocks, hiking sandals (especially the hybrid ones like the Keen sandals) are also great footwear for everyday wear. Just make sure you clean them up before using again.
But with all the aforementioned advantages, hiking sandals, of course, has its downside. Hiking sandals tend to pickup dirt and pebbles most of the time and you get sweaty down the sole - though you still have the choice to wear hiking socks. Nonetheless, by all means, you still have the choice of picking up what you think is the right footwear - depends maybe on the type of trail you'd be hiking. Nowadays, people hike in all sort of shoes and I recommend you whatever you are most comfortable in - but it won't harm to give the humble sandals a try on your next adventure.
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