Recommendations for hiking shoes?

Hiker Man wrote:

First off, no one wears hiking BOOTS anymore. They're way too heavy & say wet too long (once they're saturated).

So, most hikers go with Altra Lone Peaks. They seem to be the go-to choice of all thru-hikers...almost exclusively!

(There is some debate about the quality of them now--including durability--that the Altra company was bought out. But, who cares. They still work.)

https://www.altrarunning.com/shop/men/provision-35-alm1845f?variationId=220

Meanwhile, you haven't even mentioned the whole world of backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking systems, water filtration, etc.) Oh, it's a big can of worms!

Much like shoes versus boots, people are now trying to get their total pack weight to around 10-15lbs or less. Forget about the old days of people lugging around 35+ bags as some stupid badge of honor. There are backpacks that weight a mere pound! Oh, they're expensive though.

There's the Big Three: backpack, tent, & sleeping bag. If your wallet is deep, you could get those three items around 3-4lbs total! But, that's probably around $1000 (roughly speaking).

If you're interested in that world, check out the youtube videos of darwin on the trail & follow bigfoot. Watch a handful of their videos & you'll get a really good sense of what's going on it that world.

FloridaMan wrote:

Hiker Man wrote:

First off, no one wears hiking BOOTS anymore. They're way too heavy & say wet too long (once they're saturated).

So, most hikers go with Altra Lone Peaks. They seem to be the go-to choice of all thru-hikers...almost exclusively!

(There is some debate about the quality of them now--including durability--that the Altra company was bought out. But, who cares. They still work.)

https://www.altrarunning.com/shop/men/provision-35-alm1845f?variationId=220

Meanwhile, you haven't even mentioned the whole world of backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking systems, water filtration, etc.) Oh, it's a big can of worms!

Much like shoes versus boots, people are now trying to get their total pack weight to around 10-15lbs or less. Forget about the old days of people lugging around 35+ bags as some stupid badge of honor. There are backpacks that weight a mere pound! Oh, they're expensive though.

There's the Big Three: backpack, tent, & sleeping bag. If your wallet is deep, you could get those three items around 3-4lbs total! But, that's probably around $1000 (roughly speaking).

If you're interested in that world, check out the youtube videos of darwin on the trail & follow bigfoot. Watch a handful of their videos & you'll get a really good sense of what's going on it that world.

Thhis reads like an ad for crappy shooz.

Hiker Man wrote:

First off, no one wears hiking BOOTS anymore. They're way too heavy & say wet too long (once they're saturated).

So, most hikers go with Altra Lone Peaks. They seem to be the go-to choice of all thru-hikers...almost exclusively!

(There is some debate about the quality of them now--including durability--that the Altra company was bought out. But, who cares. They still work.)

https://www.altrarunning.com/shop/men/provision-35-alm1845f?variationId=220

Meanwhile, you haven't even mentioned the whole world of backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking systems, water filtration, etc.) Oh, it's a big can of worms!

Much like shoes versus boots, people are now trying to get their total pack weight to around 10-15lbs or less. Forget about the old days of people lugging around 35+ bags as some stupid badge of honor. There are backpacks that weight a mere pound! Oh, they're expensive though.

There's the Big Three: backpack, tent, & sleeping bag. If your wallet is deep, you could get those three items around 3-4lbs total! But, that's probably around $1000 (roughly speaking).

If you're interested in that world, check out the youtube videos of darwin on the trail & follow bigfoot. Watch a handful of their videos & you'll get a really good sense of what's going on it that world.