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“My friend's looking to get some hiking boots (for dayhiking and backpacking). I don't know too much about men's boots, so I'm posting this thread. Any helpful hints? Budget is $150.

Also does anyone know anything about the Montrail Torre boots?”

“you put your left foot in, you take your left out, you do the hokey pokey and then you shake it all around”

“Thanks for the info”

“i say, look up their website. i also believe there is a gear section here. tell the mook to just go to his local rei or ems. i wear asolo fsn 95. sturdy, midweight boots”

“Do u like them?”

“I have Asolo 520 GTX's and I love them i hiked the Devils path with them right out of the box.
Nobody can really recomend boots for someone elses feet. He needs to go try on every pair in the store.

Just make sure that if he is going to do some backpacking that his boots give him enough support. I made that mistake with a pair of vasque boots that just didn't hold up to the pack weight.”

“Awesome, thanks for the info. He kinda can't go try on boots though,.. he's stationed in Japan and stuck on a ship, so he's gotta order them. If they don't work, he'll just keep sending them back haha”

“LLB crestas $169

a little more than $150, but a lotta boot for the buck. fabric and leather is $10 less.”

“Oh geeez, Scorch. What are ya worried about? The Navy makes GREAT gear already!”

“Oh geeez, Scorch. What are ya worried about? The Navy makes GREAT gear already!”

“I quote: "horse #&%!$ the navy makes great gear."”

“yeah, i can personally say the navy makes #&%!$ty gear, from”

“there's my guy”

“yeah here i am”

“from what?”

“from what? what?”

“DAMNIT BOY! FILL US IN!”

“fill you in on what, ive been in for two and a half years now and i personally can tell you that the navy buys the most expensive peices of #&%!$ from the most worthless companies just to use up tax dollars....”

“ok so "from experience"?”

“troll. LOL”

“Just joshin' scorch. I would think the Navy of all the services out there would make shaytie hikin' gear, they're on boats!

Anyhoo, you'll have yer work cut out fer ya. May I suggest the Merrill line? I've been very happy with my pair.”

“yeah i think ive got some expeirence in the navy..”

“get a pair of 2 dollar baby blue flip flops from teh bargen bin at ekerds”

“lots of helpful friendly people here maybe i oughta come back more often...thanks gents”

“Don't let them fool you, Luke”

“Oh no! Don't let Scorch fool ya. We're a great group here. Don't believe the hype!


Shhhhhh! I haven't even gotten a chance to call him a troll yet.”

“luuuuuuuuke. i am your father. you and i can rule the galaxy. the emperor has foreseen this”

“Original, poops, original.”

“yes, lets all call stormbringer twopoops, as if he never changed his name!!”

“Tea, you're a punkin”

“I have a pair of Montrail Torre GTX. The fit is low volume throughout and the heel is narrow width, maybe a B, the toebox being about a D width and roomy. If your foot is shaped like that the boot will probably fit OK. It would be better for me if they were a B width throughout, but these are close enough since there isn't many low volume, narrow width boots out there.”

“When I was in gradeskool we use to have a dog named Boots.”

“one time at band camp, I shoved a boot.....”

“keith, dahling, you be a sick pup”

“Who are you calling a GENT? Man, I never!

Anybody have any good recommendations for a lightweight woman's boot? I need to replace my Lowa's that Crazy Mike burnt up in the fire last year...LOL

I've had good luck with Lowa's..'cept around Crazy Mike or was it Stalker??

Everything is fading.....

Tex”

“Vasque and Montrail are good brands. There are others. But.. what it all boils down to is trying them on and liking them. Even then, boots have a break-in period, so sometimes it may be hard to tell if they'll do you good when you first try them on. Have your friend try a bunch on and then go from there. It's the only way. :-)”

“I guess everyone's foot is different, I like my Asolo FSN280 GTX Boot
I have a Vasque boot, and get blisteres on the bottom of my feet if I wear it. I do have lighter Montrail hiking shoe too, that one is not bad.”

“boots schmoots - go with a trail runner shoe”

“I have a pair of Montrail Torre GTXs too. I like them excepting for how heavy they are. I tend to wear my Montrail trail runners 90% of the time, everywhere. But, I have pretty sturdy ankles. I save the Torres for winter (snow) and deep mud. Montrail makes quality footwear.”

“I agree Sass. I use my lighter Lowa Tanark's most of the time except for cold or really wet hikes. The Torre's can handle that, but the Tanark's are more of a mild weather, dry conditions boot.”

“I bought a pair of Merrill Gore-tex boots that I love. They broke in very quickly and fit better than any other pair I own.”

“Thanks for everyone's input”

“When I needed a new pair, I went to REI, told the boot guy my budget (also $150) and what kind of hiking I was planning to do, and then took his recommendation. It worked out great!”

“Awesome. Well he'll prob wait til he's on leave and we'll go to EMS. It's only at the end of January so it's not like it'll be a long time before he gets em.”

“He can't really do much hikng on the boat anyway can he?”

“No, but they go off the ship when not working. He does more rock climbing than anything.”

“"you put your left foot in, you take your left out, you do the hokey pokey and then you shake it all around"
StormBringer
07:45:26 PM
01/06/04

Stormbringer, remind me to slap you when I meet you. I have had this song in my head for two hours now, and I am about over it. I'm looking pretty stoopid acting it out, too...since I live alone. Thanks alot! When I meet you, you're gonna think storm!”

“Oh, sorry, Scorch...forgot...I don't know shyt about mens boots...I'm just upset at Stormbringer.:)”

“Aren't we all?”