Welcome to the Gritty Podcast. I am your host, Brian Call. And I am joined today by my brother,

the Gritty Bromine. How are you, Brent? I'm well. Thank you. It's early in the morning.

It's stupid early. We're knocking this podcast out early. Today we're going to talk about boots and feet,

hiking kind of a foot system. Now I just completed a hike with a bunch of different hikers.

Kind of did a group hike up there in Montana along the Galaton River. It was a fun hike.

We got together, did a little Q&A with a bunch of folks that were really cool that came to the hike.

And we got a lot of questions around boots. People were asking me about boots and everyone there

kind of had their different boot as well that they had been using. And I got asked about socks.

It just a lot of questions, sheep feet and so on. So here is an assortment of boots right here.

What does that one I got to? One, two, three, four, five, six different styles of boot. These are all

crispy boots. Are you wearing some boots as well? No, but I am wearing some crispy shoes.

What's up with those two? Some tennis shoes. But these boots, I've been fortunate because I get

to test and try a lot of different boots. See how they feel. And I do lots. I mean, I spend a lot

of time hiking or in the mountains hunting. So I get to use them day after day. Now I have my opinions

because based on my feet, my experience, my feet sweat a lot. What I've learned just from

hunting with different guys, avid hikers, backpackers, everybody has a different. What I use and what

works for me isn't going to work for lamppers. And what lamppers use isn't going to work for me.

And the same is true with Ben, Anthony, dad, like everybody's just a little different. And sometimes,

you know, sometimes what I have is perfect for another guy. But what I figured I'd do is go over

each of these boots, how I like to use them, how they're different, my opinions. And mostly,

what I think is useful is we're going to get into the socks and talk how I run socks. I think

that the sock liner and the sock itself are critical. You know, I can get away with a lot of

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