"Good boots for carrying a heavy load on long trips or off-trail & non-technical mountaineering use. Expensive at $255 but extremely rugged and seems like they will last a long, long time.
Took me a while to tame the stiff leather uppers but comfortable now after break-in period. The "back of the heel" area gave me problems when they were new- nothing that some electrical tape and foam rubber couldn't fix though.
I like most of all the fact that they come in size 14 (which I wear) and 15 (for a Sasquatch maybe?) and the toe area is roomy, unlike the overly slim/tapered toe style of the "trend-conscious" boots that dominate the marketplace now.
These boots won't win any fashion contests but they should be fine for anything except hardcore ("plastic boots recommended") mountain climbing."
"I have over a thousand hours in these boots, and they are still in good shape. I am going to have them resoled soon, but the boot itself is well worth the trouble of doing so. These boots hold up like nothing else I've seen. I use them day in and day out and they are in great shape. Break in is a little tough, it blistered the back of my heels, but after the first week, they were like wearing my favorite sneakers. After a 14 hour day I could kiss these boots. Well worth the price."
"These are a great pair of boots, I've had them for about 5 years now and absolutely haven't even started to wear them out yet. Took a long time to break in, and I had some shrinking problems when I left them in the closet for a year during a deployment."
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