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--- sotapersonalequipment [2022/04/19 18:16] – [Boots] mm3iig
+++ sotapersonalequipment [2022/05/26 21:31] – [Boots] I’ve done a bunch of proof-reading and grammar/typo correction since I’m linking to this from the SOTA pages mm3iig
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-SOTA (//Summits on the Air//), POTA (//Parks on the Air//) and HEMA (//Humps Excluding Marilyns Award//) are radio but in the Great Outdoors as they say. See below information regarding the person equipment not radio related to have a fun but safe journey into the great outdoors.
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+====== SOTA & Similar Awards - Personal Equipment ======
+SOTA (//Summits on the Air//), POTA (//Parks on the Air//) and HEMA (//Humps Excluding Marilyns Award//) are radio but in the Great Outdoors, as they say. See below information regarding the person equipment not radio related to have a fun but safe journey into the great outdoors.
 ===== Boots =====
-{{:classic-leather-boots.jpg?200 |}} There are many different types of boots on the market - they can range in price for £40.00 all the way to the hundreds of pounds. To enjoy the great outdoors you don’t need the super high end unless you are going up something like K2 (which in sota in the uk is very unlikely to get anything like that), however bear in mind that if you are on the hills everyday you might need to invest more money to get a longer lasting boots. For the every couple of weekend walkers the low to mid range price around £100.00 will be fine.
+{{:classic-leather-boots.jpg?200 |}} **Cost:** There are many different types of boots on the market - they can range in price for £40.00 all the way to the hundreds of pounds. To enjoy the great outdoors you don’t need the super high end unless you are going up something like K2 (which in SOTA in the U.K. is very unlikely), however bear in mind that if you are on the hills everyday you might need to invest more money to get a longer lasting pair of boots. For the “every couple of weekend” walkers the low to mid range price around £100.00 will be fine.
-Sizing boots is more important than people think, don't get the size you normally are as most people are a size bigger than they normally are. There are two reasons for this one: you will be wearing bigger socks so they take up more room and you don’t want your feet rubbing. Secondly when you walk for long hours and distances your feet expand and this creates problems if your boots are too small your feet will curl up and be damaged. Lastly when you feel for a boots fit easy tip is that the boots should be secure round the ankle and have wiggle room in the toes.
+**Sizing boots:** This is more important than people think - don't get the size you normally are as most people are a size bigger than they normally are. There are two reasons for this one: you will be wearing bigger socks so they take up more room and you don’t want your feet rubbing. Secondly when you walk for long hours and distances your feet expand and this creates problems if your boots are too small - your feet will curl up and be damaged. Lastly when you feel for a boots fit an easy tip is that the boots should be secure round the ankle and have wiggle room in the toes.
-Taking care of boots this is very important to keep boots waterproof. However please bear in mind that boots are not designed for standing water they are designed to keep water out running over them. So don’t stand in water for long periods of time as they will leak, if you need that wellies are the way to go however they are not correct shoes for going up hills as you can break an ankle with them. The best and cheapest advice to keep boots waterproof is to keep them clean. The cleaner you keep them the longer the waterproofing on the boots from the manufacturer will last. After this has been worn away (for an average walker this is about a year). Then you should apply a reproofer, but if the boots are still waterproof do not apply a reproofer as the new layer will attack the old layer.
+**Taking care of boots:** it is very important to keep boots waterproof. However, please bear in mind that boots are not designed for standing water they are designed to keep water out that is running over them. So: don’t stand in water for long periods of time as they will leak in. If you need that then wellies are the way to go. However, they are not correct shoes for going up hills as you can break an ankle with them. The best and cheapest advice to keep boots waterproof is to keep them clean. The cleaner you keep them the longer the waterproofing on the boots from the manufacturer will last. After this has been worn away (for an average walker this takes about a year) you should then apply a reproofer. If the boots are still waterproof **do not** apply a reproofer as the new layer will attack the old layer.
 ===== Socks =====