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>He wears riding boots for hiking
Yeah well. The funny thing about footwear is that many people can tolerate even the theoretically worst kind of it and do fine, so you do you. But generally speaking:
>the sole has no grip
>stability is dubious
>the ankle may slip
Last point is a major reason jackboots fell out of use. Tough there are ways to deal wit it, pic related.