[pct-l] RE: pct-l Boots

[ronyon at comcast.net (Ron Smith)]

I'm on my third pair of Lowa Renegade II boots, which I love, and are
probably the reason I haven't switched to trail runners. They don't last
real long, but they're light, comfortable, and I never get blisters.
Performance-wise, they don't slow me down significantly or prohibit 30+
mile days. As far as the Gortex, I can take it or leave it.
Ron
> 
> After doing the AT and the PCT, I cannot imagine ever
> wearing boots again.  I own about a billion pairs of
> semi-worn out trail runners and low-cut light-weight
> hiking shoes, but no boots.  I'm curious for other
> light+fast hikers thoughts on boots--do you ever use
> them?  If so, in what circumstances? Based on Jardine
> I wore a pair from KM to Tuolumne meadows on my
> through hike this year, but regretted it the whole
> way.  They got wet and stayed wet and heavy.
> I also want to know what you wear when you go
> snowshoeing.  Is it only because we hit the Sierra in
> late season that the snow is so wet and boots suck,
> and gore-tex vibram soled boots actually make sense
> for short shoeing trips in early powder?
> 
> Thanks,
> the Onion