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By CP Ranked #559 - Men's Hiking Shoes July 21, 2010

I use these in the Sierra Nevadas of central/southern CA almost every day (Santa Barbara county). I do tons of hiking and trail running with a lot of creeks involved. I wanted a waterproof shoe both for the water crossings and just so I could be out in tall grass and underbrush without the feet getting soaked from dew. These shoes do the trick.

I was debating between these and the North Face 105's. I went with these because they're a sturdier build, don't give nearly as much, and since I over pronate this was kind of an issue. The NF shoes really seemed like they'd give too much. They seemed like slightly beefed up running shoes whereas the Merrell's feel like slightly stripped down hiking shoes. Make sense?

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