Any HF suggestions on replacement boots would be appreciated. I usually day hike in running shoes, but prefer mid-height boots on longer hikes esp. in rocky terrain. Any highly recommended boots out there weighing under 3 lbs. / pair?
Any HF suggestions on replacement boots would be appreciated. I usually day hike in running shoes, but prefer mid-height boots on longer hikes esp. in rocky terrain. Any highly recommended boots out there weighing under 3 lbs. / pair?
Do you imagine the universe is agitated?
Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars,
This practice should answer the question... Lao Tzu
"That's really something you need to go try some on..."
Yeah, I'm aware that I'll need to try some on, but I would like to narrow the hunt down to a few recommended boots, since I live hours from any vendors.
Do you imagine the universe is agitated?
Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars,
This practice should answer the question... Lao Tzu
Keens!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chippewa Boots.
But, you're 17 years older now, with enough A$ to travel, and maybe ready for something lighter, to hell with whether they last so long? Maybe there's something to the notion that grumpy old men would be less grumpy if the pair of boots they wore on all-day hikes were 1/2 kg lighter?
On traditional boot-making methods:
Maybe, but I haven't worn out my (even older) Chippewas or Red Wings or English Docs. Though re-soling has come to be so crazy expensive, the eBay alternative sometimes makes sense.
Last edited by DemostiX; 09-15-2011 at 14:08. Reason: added video reference
I recently bought Treksta's Evolution Mid GTXs trekstas.jpg because (1) they won the Backpacker Magazine's Editor's Choice award, (2) they're GoreTex-lined and waterproof and (3) they're ultralight but built tough enough for backpacking with a multi-day pack. And I love them!!!!! Out-of-the-box comfort turned in to bedroom-slipper comfort!!!!
Here's a link to a video: Backpacker Magazine's 2011 Editor's Choice
"Pips"
Mountains have a dreamy way
Of folding up a noisy day
In quiet covers, cool and gray.
---Leigh Buckner Hanes
Surely, God could have made a better way to sleep.
Surely, God never did.
Zamberlan 310 Skill GT: Light weight, great support, made in Italy. Had mine 12 years & still going strong.
http://www.zamberlan.com/catalog/ind...rod=17&idcat=2
"There are places in this world that are neither here nor there, neither up nor down, neither real nor imaginary. These are the in-between places, difficult to find and even more challenging to sustain." - Thomas Moore
Keen Targhee for water rellent boots or their lighter-weight sister for non-waterproofness Voyageurs
i love my asolo tps 520. They have held up great for 1 year and a half now. Still feel like new. People ive gone on trail crews with have had this type of boot for 8 years and they are still going strong.
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