Easy: You want a hard sole so you can walk across nasty ass rocks. You want them to keep your ankles in line with your foot so as not to break them. You want them to be mostly waterproof so ya don't get wet. And you want them to have really good profile so ya don't start slippin.
Does anyone understand the point of “hiking boots” and can you explain it to me?
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what I don’t get is - why not train more and get stronger ankles?
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they seem more slippy to me than thinner soles - is there physics on this?
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I don't know how they're made, but with off-road tires it's as simple as raising the coefficient of friction, so that you are less likely to slip on a slippery surface, but making motion much less efficient on less adversarial terrain. In both cases, they're not for the street.
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ah you get the physics of it? this is what I don’t get - why is a thicker immobile sole better?
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the ankles look flexible not totally stiff, is that right?
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