The Boots Are Here!

The Hanwag Alaska Lady GTX. Specially designed for multi-day backpacking with heavy loads though deep backpacking country. There might also be a little halo around them.

I’ve been salivating for their arrival, for weeks. Forgive me for not exaggerating there. Now, I can officially begin breaking them in and prepping them for the rim to rim.

Because I chose my boots online, I snagged a couple of sizes, to ensure the proper fit. The winner gets to experience the beautiful outdoors. The other pair gets a second date with FedEx.

According to REI’s very helpful hiking boot guide (https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/breaking-in-hiking-boots.html) the boots should be ‘snug everywhere and tight nowhere’. And you’re supposed to wear them indoors for a while before giving them a public debut. 

That leaves me clunking around on hardwood floors (the boots are lots-o-rigid right now) to help bend these babies to my will. Literally. Oh, yeah. My downstairs neighbors are LOVING me.

Hoping to get them dirty by next week. They might get a few odd stares among some of the Runyon Canyon fashionistas. Or maybe not. I’ve seen much odder things at Runyon than appropriate footwear.

Like, venti lattes.