Every year about this time guys are getting ready to head west for their first mountain hunt and they ask for advice on boots, binos, broadheads, packs, camo and raingear all valid and useful information, but in my opinion the most underated bit of gear NEVER gets asked about SOCKS. I still grimace at all the years I suffered with bad or at best mediocre socks. I finally broke down about 20 years ago and bought four pairs of Thorlo hikers and never knew my feet could feel that good, they were probably three times what I had paid for any pair of socks up to that time, but looking back now, they were the best investment I ever made, I still have all four pairs and they have been worn a LOT a conservative estimate would be that I have worn each of those pairs 600 times and NONE of them have ever gotten a hole in them, they are getting thin in a couple places, but no holes and all of the the Thorlos I have bought since then are also holeless. I usually wear the "Trekkers" for most of the mountain hunting, unless I know it will be very warm and then wear the "hikers" that aren't quite as warm. They are expensive and almost never go on sale, but I just found them on sale for 25% off at REI until labor day and bought me six more pairs(I don't have to do laundry in camp as often that way!)
Topic: The best gear advice ever! (Read 979 times)
