Amazingly beautiful design for hiking, running, walking. Excellent work! I've been a long-distance runner for 45 years and I've witnessed the evolution of sneaker design: my first Adidas running shoes were made of leather. Then, like dinosaurs, there was a time when shoes got thicker, heavier, and bigger. In 2010 I made the final switch to forefoot running with a corresponding lightweight show. I've tried the 5 toe version but unless made to order it's bound to cause blisters. I tried a competitor version of this product and put several thousand miles on it. But I like this one even more because it has a little more thickness and effectively blunts rocks, sticks, etc. GREAT!