Yes, shoes with ankle support so you don't roll your ankle and sprain it. Yes to poles if you want to take the strain off your knees--especially downhill. Otherwise follow Bill's advice ;).
Toshi On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Eric Floden <eric.f99...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hiking: > > I use a hiking pole as l find it takes some load from lower to upper body; > > Over ankle shoes or boots with Vibram-like soles; > > Carry spare dry socks; > > The books of Tristam Gooley are most useful for wayfinding and awareness > > EricF > Gatineau Hills > > > > On Thu, May 3, 2018, 11:27 Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was going to email Grant directly, but figured he could always chime in >> here if he wants. What's the scoop with hiking? I want to start doing a bit >> of it, and I imagine there's a modern variety with all kinds of ridiculous >> gear and "training" that this JoeRivBob would rather avoid. What do regular >> folks who just want to go for a nice walk in the hills need to know? >> >> Joe Bernard >> Novato CA. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
