Darb Trail

For limestone and scree, not for a treadmill. Oiled nubuck that takes water and lets it go again, five-millimetre lugs, and a heel counter stiff enough to hold a loaded ankle on a side slope.

Knit or nubuck upper, brushed cotton lining, milled foam midsole, natural gum outsole. Nothing in the midsole is dyed.

Brush the upper dry and never put the shoe in a machine. Air the foam out of direct sun — heat is what ends a midsole, not distance.

Two days within Palestine and Jordan, five to the Gulf. Returns are free and collected from the door.