Fenneke and I recently bought new hiking shoes for our upcoming trip to Canada. We plan to go hiking in the Canadian Rockies so a pair of good hiking shoes would be nice to have :-) We went to a local outdoor shop called Bever Zwerfsport were we both bought hiking shoes of Hanwag, category: B.
We have to use these new shoes a couple of times to let them adjust to our feet (and vice versa). Our first hike with the new shoes was approximately 15km long through the 'Hitland' area. After about 10km both Fenneke and I started to experience some pain in our feet, because these new shoes feel tighter and heavier compared to our regular hiking shoes (which are your average New Balance category A shoes). We took a short break to let our feet relax before walking the last 5km. After this break everything felt fine again and we completed the hike without any problems. We have tried the shoes a couple of other times on shorter walks, we are planning to keep doing this up until we leave for Canada.
