Any parent knows how expensive shoes are.
What's worse, costs quickly mount up when you have to buy tennis shoes, dress shoes, sandals, winter boots, and rain boots. The answer depends on how much hiking your child will be doing and on what type of terrain. Until this summer, good tennis shoes or other shoes with good traction have served him well. But this summer we tackled some steep trails that required significant rock scrambling. It was high time for an extra dose of traction.