Let's Talk About Boots, Baby
Queue 90's era Salt 'n' Peppa beats. I can't speak enough about what a good pair of boots will do for you. I had a friend/coworker who believed that you only needed some simple athletic shoes for hiking, and I generally felt inclined to believe him since I'd never really had problems with that. However, I started to doubt that reasoning on one of my camping trips in 2016, when I stepped on a rock and it flipped up and hit of the ball of my ankle. As I started hiking more, the brutal realization of just how clumsy I am, hit me hard... pun intended. So for Christmas I asked for a nice, high qualify (i.e. expensive) pair of hiking boots. Like a true VIP, my mom delivered. She bought me a pair of Columbia Newton Ridge Plus boots. Every time I wear these boots, I fall more and more in love. They are water proof with some serious tread. As someone who does mostly desert hiking, I though that maybe the water proof component was going to be excessive. However, in each...