I have owned several pairs of Whites Smokejumpers, and have hiked many many
miles in them. In my experience, when travelling over rough trails or cross
country with heavy loads(50lbs) the heels seem to help with back and foot
strain, especially when travelling down steep slopes. The high arch
Copied and pasted from quick google searches:
Cowboys wore Wellingtons and other variations because the “tall tops of the
boots protected your legs; the underslung heels kept your feet in the
stirrups.” Each feature of a boot has a purpose.
But for most mens shoes, the heels are only small,
Perhaps you're right, Geoffrey. It does seem better to endure knee, back,
and neck problems and move every step of our lives less effectively than we
ought so we needn't learn to walk properly or replace our heels as oft.
Sardonic grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Wednesday, December 31, 2014
I'm with the Deacon on this one. I looked under my dearly loved Crocs and
didn't find any heels attached. Yeah, I had several pairs of Kalso Earth shoes
back in the day. They were great too.
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Ahhh! But, Bill, even most (possibly all?) Crocs have a raised heel. I bet
when you wear them your heel is higher than your forefoot (the definition
of a raised heel). The scientific truth is the more shoe we wear the more
our posture and motion is changed, which effects our entire
Well the Crocs are no match heel-wise to my pointy-toe cowboy boots which work
really well while seated on the back of a cantankerous swayback nag. You hafta
use the right tool for the job (like a hatchet for heel removal).
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There are several degrees of heel-raise - any degree of which is less
natural than a flat shoe. Heels are remnants of
style/class/fashion/gendered oppression and serve little function. There's
arguments for them in running (which barefoot runners disagree with),
Olympic lifting, basketball,
Hah! I'll put up with class oppression as long as I can wear the ineffable
cool of my Justins, Lamas, etc etc etc.
Patrick The function is the *cool* function Moore. (Some years ago,
someone asked me if cowboy boots made me walk different. I said, They make
me *strut.)*
Really and truly signing
Hey, ho! I never said anything was better! This was more a response to
the earlier post of not being able to find any info on the subject. Even
then, the copy and pastes were only explaining the history and reasoning
men have heeled shoes.
6'5 Geoff with good posture...
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http://www.whitesboots.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.viewcategory_id=444
Whites Smokejumper Boots have high heels, and I always thought they looked
like old granny gunshooter boots..and a few years ago I was at a trade
show, stopped at the Whites booth, and I asked the guy there hey, why
Actually, I think the question of why your boots came with heels is an
interesting one. I honestly don't think the manufacturers put them there to
make male users to look like they are in heat, but a Google search of why
boots have heels didn't turn up much in the way of useful info.
Grant's
I hate to let you down, Grant, but I'm not very good at shaving rubber
heels off in one piece, though my second one was much closer than the
first. But if we ever have a major fire in the season of snow when I'm
likely to be wearing these boots, my last thought will be of Grant's lament
for
Here's a photo of the hacked
heel: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/15951197148/
Definitely feels much better!
With abandon,
Patrick
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On Dec 26, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote:
Primate females in heat raise their rear ends as a signal
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