Avid hiker Erin Ton has climbed at the least 24 Colorado 14ers in excessive heels. Why? As a result of she needs to, and in contrast to most individuals, she can. Ton is an completed mountain runner who is aware of what she’s doing, so who’re we to query her footwear selections? Many individuals do, although, saying there’s no cause to take this “danger” apart from looking for consideration.
Ton doesn’t see it as an added danger, although. In a remark reply on a current Instagram Reel displaying her scaling peaks in heels, she wrote: “Personally, after I’m mountain climbing in heels I don’t like the chance is any higher than when I’m working or climbing them usually.”
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Regardless that this footwear selection can be a danger for me, as a result of I’m not very snug strolling in heels, what can we do apart from take Ton’s phrase for it and cheer her on? Many individuals in her on-line neighborhood do cheer her on, passing alongside their respect. And evidently now that summer time is right here, Ton is prepared for some extra 14ers in heels—whether or not the web helps her or not.
“Mountain climbing heel season is sort of right here. Which of them ought to I climb subsequent?” Ton requested in her Instagram submit sharing footage of previous high-heel hikes. (In lots of instances, she’s additionally carrying a costume.)
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