Just wanted to share an update regarding my shoes. If you keep an eye on the everyday showoff thread, you must have seen me showing off my Merrell Agility Peak Flex trail shoes. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HH8OVU2)
They looked like this when they were new.
In the last few months I put more than 100 miles. maybe 150 miles on them and I absolutely love them. I had some of my most memorable hikes on them. The photo below is the narrows from zion national park. 9.5 hours of walking through virgin river from ankle deep to waist deep waters (cold). The shoes held up very good.
So, if you hike a lot, you will quickly realize that you will need light weight shoes which are breathable and dry up really fast and not waterproof. for us, we hike mostly in really cold weather and in a lot of snow where you cant help but to get your feet wet. Like manitou incline (steepest climb in the world) that we did in -10C temperature.
or other really cold places like this:
Okay, enough showing off. now coming back to the topic... You will need light, breathable and quick drying shoes with really crazy good grip in snow, dirt and on rocks. These shoes check all the boxes perfectly. I didnt really go into "mud" because I dont like getting dirty. Also, I think these shoes are not very good grip in mud.
If you see the above picuture, the area in the red circle is the special section which is extremely flexible with a lot of soft cushion. this makes the shoe extremely grippy while climbing big rocks. The part glues to the rock taking the shape of the rock and is very confidence inspiring. one of the main reason why I like these shoes. The thin yellow bottom sole is not so soft and has hard lugs which will give you good grip to hold while the middle part which is like a sponge helps the foot area flex and grip the rocks. really good if you are hiking a trail which has some kind of rock scrambling instead of just walking. (good workout
)
To summarize the pros of these shoes:
Both shoes started tearing on the side near the pinkies (1.) because I am a wide foot. I had to change my lacing style like shown in the picture (2.) because it was hurting the arch really bad. so much so that (3.) part of my both feet feel a bit numb all the time. the below picture shows how my feet actually is:
Also, I broke the laces which came with the shoes so I had to use my paragliding brake like which is dyneema (strongest fiber
haha)
so to summerize the cons:
cheers,
booo[DOUBLEPOST=1526329048][/DOUBLEPOST]some more showoff
small video
https://imgur.com/a/CcFJCQ4
They looked like this when they were new.
In the last few months I put more than 100 miles. maybe 150 miles on them and I absolutely love them. I had some of my most memorable hikes on them. The photo below is the narrows from zion national park. 9.5 hours of walking through virgin river from ankle deep to waist deep waters (cold). The shoes held up very good.
So, if you hike a lot, you will quickly realize that you will need light weight shoes which are breathable and dry up really fast and not waterproof. for us, we hike mostly in really cold weather and in a lot of snow where you cant help but to get your feet wet. Like manitou incline (steepest climb in the world) that we did in -10C temperature.
or other really cold places like this:
Okay, enough showing off. now coming back to the topic... You will need light, breathable and quick drying shoes with really crazy good grip in snow, dirt and on rocks. These shoes check all the boxes perfectly. I didnt really go into "mud" because I dont like getting dirty. Also, I think these shoes are not very good grip in mud.
If you see the above picuture, the area in the red circle is the special section which is extremely flexible with a lot of soft cushion. this makes the shoe extremely grippy while climbing big rocks. The part glues to the rock taking the shape of the rock and is very confidence inspiring. one of the main reason why I like these shoes. The thin yellow bottom sole is not so soft and has hard lugs which will give you good grip to hold while the middle part which is like a sponge helps the foot area flex and grip the rocks. really good if you are hiking a trail which has some kind of rock scrambling instead of just walking. (good workout
)To summarize the pros of these shoes:
- Light weight
- quick drying and breathable
- Very flexible and lot of cushion for support.
- crazy good grip
Both shoes started tearing on the side near the pinkies (1.) because I am a wide foot. I had to change my lacing style like shown in the picture (2.) because it was hurting the arch really bad. so much so that (3.) part of my both feet feel a bit numb all the time. the below picture shows how my feet actually is:
Also, I broke the laces which came with the shoes so I had to use my paragliding brake like which is dyneema (strongest fiber
haha)so to summerize the cons:
- dont buy if you have wide feet.
- or high arch
- stupid laces also the eyelets for laces.
cheers,
booo[DOUBLEPOST=1526329048][/DOUBLEPOST]some more showoff
small video
https://imgur.com/a/CcFJCQ4
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