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Thorlo Merino Light Hiker
  

Designed for light day hikes and everyday wear
Our Price: $15.95





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This style is discontinued. Sizes not showing in the size selection above are unavailable.

Lamb's wool, or virgin wool, is the actual first shearing of the lamb that produces a fiber with a unique combination of softness and resiliency. Combined with stretch nylon and polyester, these natural qualities are enhanced to provide better wicking characteristics, more durability and ultimately, more comfort.

  • Exclusive Extra Fine Merino Blend for BETTER WICKING and INSULATION
  • Thin cushioning in ball/heel for MORE BLISTER PROTECTION than any other thin sock product on the market today
  • Stretch nylon with a flat knit arch IMPROVES FIT

Fiber Contents: 48% extra fine Merino wool, 37% nylon, 13% polyester, 2% elastic

Natural fat pads protect our feet, but we destroy them by walking and running on hard surfaces
  • This loss of fat pads is due primarily to damage from shearing forces from walking and running on smooth, unyielding man-made surfaces (concrete, asphalt, hard floors).
  • The damage is compounded by poorly designed and poorly fitted socks and shoes.
  • Thorlos protect the fat pads from shearing forces by transferring these forces from the fat pads to the cushion fabric of the Thorlos; and where fat pad degradation has already occurred, Thorlos engineered cushion fabric helps replace the function of the natural pads.
Fabrics that work well on our bodies work poorly in our shoes
  • Cotton, wool and silk (all natural fabrics) absorb moisture ["Absorption" is defined as retention]. Wool claims to "wick," which is not true.
  • Inside the shoes, natural cushion sock fabrics become ineffective and even harmful to the feet: They absorb moisture, become saturated and collapse. Result: no protection.
  • Acrylic "wicks" moisture ["Wicking" is defined as transmission or movement of moisture by capillary action], moving it to the outer materials of the shoe where it is released into the outside environment.
  • Acrylic cushion sock fabric maintains resiliency and provides a more natural yielding, forgiving, dynamic environment for the foot (like walking barefoot in grass or sand).
  • Result: More protection, more comfort.
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