How to Choose The Right Hiking Boots

Choosing the right hiking boots is one of the key components of the long-distance hiking. There is nothing worse than having to stop early because your feet hurt or worse, you have blisters. Additionally, for the safety also important that you have good walking shoes. A mountain climber is not on his slippers on Mount Everest.

Before you go to buy shoes

* Before you go to buy shoes, you must first consider what kind of hiking you want to make. Because there are different shoes for different fields.
* Consider how much luggage you think to take. The more baggage, what you need solid shoes.
* Good shoes do not have to be. Today's shoes many light materials. Used to go with heavy metals.
* There are shoes with fabric and leather shoes and there are completely made of leather. Remember that the American leather shoes give more strength and durability in rugged terrain and poor weather they breathe better.
* Many shoes are made from the material Gore-Tex ®. This material keeps water out but lets sweat escape it. A big advantage for choosing this material as you go through puddles and streams should.

Types of walking
Most outdoor sports are based on four categories of flexible lightweight walking shoes for hiking (Category A) to climbing for climbers (category D).

Category A
Flexible walking soles and ditto, suitable for flat terrain and paved roads. These shoes usually have no support and are therefore not suitable for heavy loaded backpack to walk.

Category B
Trekking shoes with ankle support suitable for hills and mountainous terrain. Sometimes called soft walkers.


Category C
Hiking mountain cabins for trekking in rugged mountainous areas. Slightly more robust than B more often designed for the beaten paths and different.

Category D
Crampons Fixed mountain boots for the mountains. Hard inflexible soles, suitable for over rocks, boulders and ice fields to walk.
There are also mixed forms, such as A / B or B / C. Allround walkers, both day walks and mountain hiking in the Netherlands to undertake, often at B / C off.

Tips for buying shoes

* Take some ample time to find the right shoes.
* Try different kinds and brands of shoes.
* Try each shoe, which can often in the shop where a piece of gravel / rock etc has listed.
* Have your own walking socks with you when you are going to fit.
* Make sure your foot is not too much can slip into the shoe. Keep something in mind that your foot is slightly thicker as you have walked a little, but that the shoe should be worn.
* When in doubt, you better buy than the slightly larger size to be small because that will certainly pinch.
* The right size can be measured electronically. This can not in all stores but ask us for it. This again you really the right fit.


Maintenance
Hiking boots are not cheap, so proper maintenance is necessary.

* Seal your shoes with a sealer. This material is a liquid that you spray on your shoes or lubricate them 100% waterproof, the seams are especially important.
* Store your shoes dry. The sooner the leather is dry, the longer it lasts. Please note, the heating up to dry is just not good. It's better newspapers in your shoes every hour that you exchanged.
* Grease the leather of your shoes regularly to keep it supple. But this should not be done because you thick hence the breathability of the shoes can stop.
* And of course you can also ask the store what the best care for your shoes is just purchased.