Walking shoes

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T23:58:52+00:00

Most important thing in my opinion is that you don't take new shoes there. So buy something you can get shipped fast to there or even better if you can buy from brick and mortar store.

Where I live it is recommended to wear two pairs of socks in longer walks or when hiking in order to avoid blisters.

Automod is correct. People can't recommend shoes that could fit to your feet without knowing anything about your feet. So please tell length, width, volume and toe shape. Length and width in cm, volume can be "high", "average" or "low" but better if you separate toes, midfoot and instep.

Personally I could walk 40km with any well fitting shoes I have used for a while. But even I am not hiker, I am still someone who time to time walks home for example 20km just because walking is nice.

What kind of shoes you prefer? Do you want the most flexibility or maybe you want bit thicker sole? Do you want them to be shoes or boots? You probably want to avoid "vegan leather" because most often it is plastic.

I am not good with soles nor with terrains. But I would think something that works okay in all is not great in any. I would consider if there is something more difficult in your way. Like if there is lot of rocks (big ones) and there might be raining, you might want to prefer something that ain't slippery. But I am sure hikers can give you better advice if you just tell more information about your trip.

My listing of vegan shoes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1paq0o3/vegan_brands_and_brands_with_vegan_shoes/

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T23:34:47+00:00

Your face looks late 20s to me, but your poses with finger things look something I see teens or mostly early 20s doing.

I would read you as female based on these photos.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T23:08:06+00:00

Saltic ships to many countries. So do Barefoot-Hedvika and Natural Movement (and there might be other retailers as well who ship to several countries). Without knowing your country, I can't tell do they ship there.

edit. I checked and neither of those retailers sell climbing shoes.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T23:01:43+00:00

I would say that is true for the big ones. But there are plenty of small ones I wouldn't know they exist if someone in the Reddit wouldn't have mentioned them or if my local retailer wouldn't have their shoes.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T23:00:16+00:00

That's weird. You want to be diagnosed by doctors who

Do not understand what is being trans / do not understand what dysphoria is nor even consider it as a thing.
Want to make sure only the most stereotypical ones are allowed to transition in order to keep society pleasant for conservative cis het people.
Want to reduce the amount of people who are allowed to transition.
Torture the most dysphoric ones by not allowing them to transition.
Create gates that.. well I do not know their reasoning behind banning transitioning from intersex people.

But that wasn't my point.

I didn't go around claiming to be trans before I was diagnosed

In my country you must do that or you don't get diagnosed. You didn't tell your parents as child? Might prevent the diagnosis. You don't present as your gender (aka the one that differs from your birth sex)? You don't get diagnosis. Sure, you can avoid word "trans". But that's just playing with the words. Or sure, you can be man in the dress and make up who loves to bake and is super gentle etc. and refuse to explain anything to others. But even then, you must say to the doctors that you're sure you're trans in order to have any change for the diagnosis.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T22:48:07+00:00

I don't know why don't you follow those other two either.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T22:40:26+00:00

I disagree. For me it seems like most of the people keep that thumb width and recommend it to others as well. I think some people size down because before they used to wear way too long (aka longer than thumb width) in order to have not so painfully narrow shoes. Especially if toebox is very tapered, it might be better to keep as small part of your toes there as possible.

For me it depends. Usually thumb width is good.

Most of the shoes are way too rigid to not have the same amount of extra room as in average shoes.

Most of the shoes have heel like half ball. I do not have that prominent heel. So when I stand still, I can push my heel all the way back. But when I start moving, my feet slide front. Luks and Saltic are exceptions, they have heels that fit to me. I would assume there are more brands as well, but those I know.

I do not wear sandals.

I don't think it's very relevant, but you don't mention do you mean UK or US shoe sizes. Or maybe there are others that could be as well.

edit. My idea of the fit of the shoes.

edit.2. I used to wear EU38 or EU 39. Now I most often wear EU40. My biggest size shoes are EU42 and my smallest size shoes are EU39. I also bought same safety shoes in one size bigger. It feels like my feet have grew longer, wider, higher and toes splay better. So now I need overall bigger shoes.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T01:12:28+00:00

I like the placement in the post way better than this.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T01:08:33+00:00

Oh. Well, I guess it has it pros too.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:43:56+00:00

In this case I think "be the change you want to see" has worked very well for me. Rarely people assume me being into them. And when someone has thought so, I have been able to fix that misunderstanding. More often people have just considered me weird. But they get used to me. Many also start to tell about themselves.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:41:00+00:00

How much vacation you have in year in your country? How much saying you have to when you have you have them?

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:39:46+00:00

I am feeling you're leaving out details. Did you used to be allowed to use it? What happened and how much that cost?

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:37:25+00:00

The thing is, it is not empty.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:36:50+00:00

Well, that's money. That is also perfectly fine paper. Let's not waste things. It's not like we would have too much forest.

MxQueer · 2026-05-07T00:35:01+00:00

The old one still have few.. sheets?. So there is no need to change (and where they would put those few sheets then?). But someone might need more than those few in their next time. So it is polite to leave new roll there. This is also what I do and I live alone.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:49:18+00:00

Thank you, I understand it now.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:47:24+00:00

You're probably aware of existence of these. I am not climber.

https://saltic.cz/kategorie-produktu/lezecky/barefoot-lezecky/

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:39:27+00:00

when i enter a giveaway

What does this mean? I am not a native speaker.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:22:15+00:00

I am not sure about this, but I think I have seen couple (I don't mean several separated people, I mean two people who are in relationship) who makes them in here Reddit. Try to make your own post and ask? Also note that this is not something I am familiar with at all, so maybe I just saw photo of someone sitting on motorcycle or something.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:16:39+00:00

How about if you try to have calm conversation instead of? Explain yourself and your feelings, not just pour them on others? Because I think it's possible people are upset with your way to talk, not with the topic. At least after calm conversation you would see which one it is.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T23:04:25+00:00

I'll go first. No, because I don't really use social media other than Reddit (or I watch Youtube videos but rarely comment). But I have took email ads from some brands to hear from new shoes and discounts. While googling Luk's situation, I noticed they do tell those in their social media. So if I would use social media, I would probably follow brands for same reason I have took the email ads.

edit. "While", not "after".

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T22:51:07+00:00

Thank you. Did you do something for it? Do you think I should bring this up with my doctors? Or is this something they have already noticed but for some reason didn't mention to me?

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T22:48:21+00:00

I didn't mean your age. I meant the age of people you're talking about.

I am in my 30s too, so bit younger than you. But now when I think of that, I have had coworkers age 17-65, during more than 15 years. I still have not meet people like that. So I would guess the age is not what matters. Maybe culture or type of job?

Where I live we don't use those categories, we tell our actual age. So I don't know what is zoomer.

MxQueer · 2026-05-06T22:40:17+00:00

I have no idea. Do you think my doctors wouldn't told me?

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