29 September 2009

New Altitude Boots

Posted by Mick under: Boots; Equipment .

Well…after close to six years of wear and tear I finally had to accept the fact that my North Face boots, which I bought at the REI store in Seattle in 2004, had lost all of their tread and were no longer safe to wear on trips out into the big blue room…though they are still perfectly OK for wearing around the property whilst doing the odd job here and there and i will get a few more years out of them.

So a few weeks ago I set out on the great boot hunt…after much oohing and aahing at boots in the $300+ range, early last week I decided on a set of Hi-Tec Altitude IV WP leather boots from my favourite outdoor store, Anaconda for $229 during one of their great sales.

I was also checking out the new Denali mid hike boots and the Gondwana Longford boots, which they didn’t have in my size. I have quite a bit of equipment and clothing from both Denali and Gondwana, which I have been very happy with, but I might wait for them to make a few more boots as I believe that this is their first attempt at supplying a hiking boot.

Anyway…back to the Hi-Tec purchase. The boot spec’s and some images are below and I’ll give them a good work out over the coming months and report on my thoughts.

Hi-Tec Altitude IV WP
Brown Full Grain

Features

• Waterproof seam sealed full grain leather upper
• Soft padded leather collar
• Fully gusseted leather tongue
• Rustproof brass hardware
• Comfort-Tec sockliner
• Board lasted with steel shank for added rigidity
• Lightweight CMEVA midsole
• Durable carbon rubber hiking outsole

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