Hiking Boots or Shoes?

[mochilero]

Once I converted to ultralight backpacking, I started wearing running shoes, with light nylon dress socks. I haven't had a blister yet. I know all the arguments on both sides, and not everyone can leave the boots behind, but I have a different question:

Do any of you know of a single case where a backpacker tried shoes instead of boots, and switched back to hiking boots?

Steve

http://www.TheBackpackingSite.com

[Kevin]

http://forums.alpinezone.com/about5102.html

Looks like you've been busy advertising your site. We don't appreciate spam. If you want to discuss shoes, then please post threads sans the link to your page. It's obvious you're just generating revenue/traffic to your site, which consists mostly of linked paid advertising.