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How to choose trekking shoes? The most important tips
How to choose trekking shoes? What to follow when choosing the right model? Which ones will work best during mountain treks? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in the rest of the article.
When we type the phrase “trekking boots” into the shopping search engine, we are showered with definitions, names, parameters, offers. And assurances that they are undoubtedly the best models in the world and that we cannot do without them. Unfortunately, the adjective “trekking” has been applied to footwear for all kinds of hiking, whether in high mountains, rainforests or deserts. However, what do we really mean by the word “trekking”?
What are trekking boots used for?
Meanwhile, for Anglo-Saxons, the word “trekking” means hiking in relatively difficult or even wild terrain, usually with a fairly heavy backpack. Unencumbered excursions in easier terrain (with trails, shelters and with inns) are referred to as hiking. Walking in the woods or city is simply walking.
If anyone has managed to classify forms of tourism at all, it is probably the Anglo-Saxons. For them, clearly more difficult than trekking is hiking in high mountains, requiring both mastery of the technique of moving in rocky or glacial terrain, as well as appropriate equipment for…
