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I'm soliciting some feedback from the list's resident long distance hikers about trail shoes.
We are looking hard at shoes for our Arctic trek. Ideally, one pair needs to last 600 miles of off-trail conditions.
The shoes need to drain well, absorb little water, because there will be a lot of river crossings, wet brush, tundra.
Durability of the sole and upper is important. There are lots of rocks in the mountains: scree, talus, shale surfaces.
Sole tread is important. Steep grassy slopes, mud, brush bottoms.
So, I'm curious to know:
What shoes are our resident long distance hikers are using these days?
How many miles are you getting out of them?
What kind of miles you are hiking (on/off trail, type of terrain - rocky, brushy, etc.)?
Where on the shoe are they failing?
How do you know they've failed if the failure is not obvious?
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