| Exposure and dehydration is an extremely horrible | | | | boot and the occasional flying fish he was able to |
| way of passing and it's often the smallest things that | | | | eat. |
| can prevent someone from dying. There have been | | | | A waterproof hiking boot is definitely a necessity in |
| countless cases where if it wasn't for something as | | | | any camping or hiking trip or other excursion. Without |
| simple as a waterproof hiking boot, then a person | | | | a pair of good waterproof hiking shoes, it's impossible |
| would have died. In all of these survival stories, it | | | | to enjoy a hike, because you never know what |
| was always the ones who were prepared adequately | | | | would happen. It might be something as simple as a |
| mentally and physically that made it through. | | | | rain shower that ruins your day and gives you wet, |
| A waterproof hiking boot in the case of extreme | | | | cold feet. On the other hand, it's often the case that |
| situations and weather can really contribute to saving | | | | while hiking you need to cross some kind of a river |
| a life. The body is a natural furnace and has its own | | | | or stream and then without waterproof hiking shoes |
| internal heating system. In hiking there is something | | | | you'd be in another uncomfortable situation. In snow, |
| commonly known as the 'chimney effect'. You need | | | | waterproof hiking boots are mandatory. There is |
| to be warm at your feet and your head and nature | | | | simply no other way to go hiking in these types of |
| can throw anything at you and you'll survive. This is | | | | weather conditions. |
| where waterproof hiking shoes come in handy, | | | | The types of shoes available are also varied. Sandals |
| because they provide the much needed warmth and | | | | are not waterproof, though the straps may be. The |
| dryness at your feet to keep the heat in where it | | | | best waterproof hiking boot is a high ankled piece of |
| belongs. If your feet are cold and your head is | | | | footwear that has support for the heels, ankles and |
| uncovered, or either, hypothermia will quickly set in | | | | also protects the toes from stubbing. These type of |
| and death by exposure will be imminent. | | | | shoes are waterproof because they are hard, cured |
| Amazingly, there has even been a case of a | | | | leather that is treated with a waterproof solution, or |
| waterproof hiking boot saving someone's life on the | | | | they can also be a synthetic material like a wire |
| open ocean! There is nothing to drink on the sea and | | | | mesh, that lets air in but keeps all moisture out. |
| this man was drifting for over a month on the open | | | | Clearly the leather version is what you would use for |
| sea. The only thing that kept him alive was the | | | | hiking in snow, but the other one can be used in |
| rainwater he was able to collect in his waterproof | | | | most other situations without reservations. |