I Wore 1 Ankle Sock and 1 Compression Sock on a 15-hour Flight—and the Difference Shocked Me

I Wore 1 Ankle Sock and 1 Compression Sock on a 15-hour Flight—and the Difference Shocked Me

These socks come with me on every trip.Travel + LeisureI’m a travel writer, and my recent rose was a six glorious days sipping rosé and playing with free-range pigs at Spier Wine Farm in South Africa. The thorn? The swollen ankle I had when I arrived.Admittedly, it was my fault, and was the result of an experiment: What would happen if I only wore one knee-high compression sock on the 15-hour flight from Newark to Cape Town? On my other foot, I …