Winter in the Northern hemisphere is coming due, and if I were obliged to choose one patently awful thing it brings (besides the new edition of Pax Pandemica, of course), I would instantly have named a new crop of Vibram-blended hiking/trekking boots. Judging from expeditions to outlets and online catalogues, shoes with Vibram soles occupy ca. 3/4 of the market under no less than 40 different footwear brands.

Grotesque situation, bordering morbidly dangerous, as these soles are very slippery on wet grass, stones, or fresh snow over ice layer, and prone to quick degradation. Far too slippery for bills after injury you might end up with to overwhelm the price of the boot.

I find the lack of Vibram-negative reviews (which this almost ubiquitous sole brand deserves) on trailspace footwear sites… disturbing, to say the least.

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