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Posted by kutenay on March 18, 2008 at 10:42:20 pm EDT
In reply to Choosing Off-trail Boots, Follow Logic or Hype? posted by overmywaders on March 17, 2008 at 1:56:16 pm EDT

This has lost me, but, I am a simple soul and can only make suggestions from personal experience. I do not care for most boots made today because of relatively poor leather, excessive seams and too much "hype" rather than time-tested design/manufacture quality.

Look at the Scarpa M3 from 1998 and today's version, at the latest Meindls with their split leather that you CANNOT make waterproof and compare ANYTHING made today with Galibier Super Guides from 30 years ago. This will illustrate my point better than anything else I might say.

When you work alone in remote wilderness,such as northern BC-AB-YT-NWT as I did for years, most transportation is by helicopter and your weight and bulk limits on gear are very tight. So, I NEVER had more than one pair of boots and usually only had the best climbing-heavy hiking boots I could find. Galibiers cost $210.00 in 1970 and that was over half my monthly pay, but, they were worth it.

You cannot go wrong with high quality leather boots and I prefer to fit mine without trick innersoles or heel pads or foam pieces. It takes longer to break them in, but, once done and kept waxed well, they will last longer than any of these contemporary fabric and synthetic "hoofs" that are in vogue at present, so, the over-all cost is actually less.

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