can impede the ability to develop sure-footedness on its own.

This is not to say that they cannot be helpful to hikers, particularly elder ones, in compensating for a lack of balance on hazardous or uneven ground, in moderately exposed areas, and in hiking or downclimbing grades.

In animals

The term sure-footedness is also used to describe animals that routinely navigate difficult terrain, such as mountain goats. Domesticated yaks are used on climbing

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