The purpose and selection considerations of hiking shoes include maintaining balance, supporting the body, cushioning ability of soft cushions, hard soles, water resistance, suitable weight of the shoes. For example, lightweight shoes are suitable for walking on traditional routes on light roads, while non-traditional routes will bounce in the forest or rock climbing. In general, lightweight shoes cannot provide enough stability to carry heavy backpacks, Walking in difficult terrain at the same time requires protecting the support of one's ankles, heels, and toes.

A thousand mile trip begins with one step. Mountaineering shoes, as one of the five major equipment for outdoor sports, are known as assault jackets, tents, hiking bags, hiking shoes, and emergency medicine. The quality of hiking shoes can affect the safety of outdoor sports enthusiasts in critical moments.
Many friends ask if a certain hiking shoe will slide? If it is muddy land, grassland, or gravel (more natural road surface), the grip of hiking shoes is more obvious, mainly because the soles of hiking shoes have wider and deeper scratches, which can provide more contact surfaces for stones and increase friction. And when faced with slippery stone steps, wooden steps, mossy stones or tree roots, or smooth tiles. Climbing shoes will slide like ice skates. So there is absolutely no pair of hiking shoes that won't slip at all.

1. The structure of hiking shoes
The structure of mountaineering shoes is to provide users with better mountaineering technical support. The structure of a pair of professional mountaineering shoes is as follows:

Bottom structure:
Mainly composed of outsole rubber material and woven carbon plate, to make it sensitive and accurate during climbing, while ensuring the hardness of the sole.
The outsole, also known as the lower sole, is the area directly in contact with the ground, which is the bottom of the shoe. Therefore, anti slip and wear resistance are the main choices.
Currently, the most popular option in China is the use of gold soles (Vibram). The reason why this type of sole is called a gold sole is not because gold is used as the sole, but because Vibram soles from Italy are known for their wear resistance, and because Vibram's logo is shaped like a yellow hexagon, Chinese people call it a gold sole. This type of sole is made of special synthetic rubber and is currently the mainstream in the market.
Midsole structure:
Composed of interconnected support or integral nylon preformed inner support pad with microporous shock-absorbing cushioning material, it further enhances the hardness and stability of the shoes, ensuring the hardness of torque.
It is the so-called insole that determines the comfort and durability of the entire shoe. Due to the fact that the reaction force on the feet of the average person during normal walking is about twice their body weight, the main responsibility of the midsole as the main structure of the entire shoe is to introduce moderate shock-absorbing materials to reduce the pressure on our feet.
At present, there are three different types of mountaineering shoe soles on the market based on the degree of shock absorption: EVA, PU, and rubber.

Insole structure:
It is a soft and comfortable last layer midsole structure that provides extra protection for the arch and heel of the foot.
Ankle structure:
This is a design that provides support and protection for the ankle. In the design of ankle protection structures, different rules are often used for the shape of the ankle to design the protection structure. So the appearance structure of professional mountaineering shoes is mostly high waisted, with a typical waist height of 5-7.5 inches.
Tongue structure:
The design of the tongue insole should be high, thick, and closely attached to the foot surface. The tongue of the shoe should not be easily moved or misaligned. Stable and comfortable, with a sufficiently large tongue opening for easy on and off. At the same time, the manufacturing of the tongue of the shoe should adopt the overall folding production process.