Recent content by dirtpig67

My feet sweat a lot so tramping in GTX is fairly pointless as my feet end up soaked with sweat wearing that stuff. About the only time I prefer them is in winter conditions where it is cold enough that my feet do not sweat and getting your feet wet could be dangerous. Outside of extremely cold...

FYI, the tub you get is about twice the size of the Limmer stuff.

Another great product is Obenauf's. http://www.obenaufs.com/ I am a professional wildland firefighter, and this is the stuff that the vast majority of folks in this industry use to treat their leather boots with which are used in some of the harshest environments for boots. I use the Limmer...

I think the individuals could do little else to improve their situation if they were following their protocols and precautions correctly. Like I said before, attacks will happen even with those precautions in place. There is only so much the risk can be reduced for people just up there on a...

I guess one of my points was that the protocol they followed was probably about as good as it gets for someone who is just visiting and cannot live in a place and learn all the best practices and skills over years of time. They probably had minimized the risk as low as they could given their...

There is a lot of info out there that academics and other "experts" can never learn or know about by simply studying a topic. Sometimes it just takes living the life to know. The real experts are not always the PhD's who wrote the book on the subject. We lived in a very rural area with a lot...

I lived in a very remote area of Alaska for a number of years and my job there resulted in me camping in the outdoors for weeks on end in the summer. As a result, I had many a run in with bears. Firstly, bear spray is of very limited value in my opinion. While it can and does work, it is of...

Here is the place in NZ someone was talking about: http://www.bootznz.com/ The "Tramper" model is $170 USD and the "McKenzie" is $235". Last I inquired, semi-custom sizing was included in the price (ie they will make the boot to your exact foot length/width and not just the closest stock...

Another cool area that is to the south of CO Springs is the Cuchura and Spanish Peaks area. It has a very different feel than a lot of areas in CO and the views from the top of W. Spanish Peak are unique due to its position on the front range. Make sure you hit the Dog Bar in Cuchura for beer...

Something like that has been around for quite a while. The Mukluk. They worked great when I lived in Alaska. http://www.mukluks.com/

Once the stink is in there it is hard to get out. Gore-tex fabric lined boots are always going to have more smell than leather lined boots. Two things that I have found that cut down on smelly boots over the years. 1. Use quality wool socks year-round. The natural properties of wool make it...

FYI, Alico boots are available for order at STP for all sizes. They are currently on backorder but this usually means they are getting a new shipment soon. This week's e-mail coupon takes over $100 off the New Guide model and the Summit model is $50 off right now.

I've had a pair of Limmer Standards side-by-side to a pair of Alico Tahoes and the Limmers were a bit more heavy duty and had heavier leather to a slight degree. The Tahoe model is the lightest of the three models STP carries. The next heaviest it the Summits followed by the New Guides. The...

Another cheaper option worth investigating is Alico boots from sierra trading post. They stock them frequently (currently out of stock but they seem to stock them every month or two)and offer wide sizing as well. These are constructed very similar to the Limmers (all-leather welted...

I have a pair of the stock Limmer Standards and I do not think they are very wide at all in the toe box. I would consider my feet to be rather narrow (I am around a C width) and I had to have the toe box stretched a bit in width to get a perfect fit. The good thing about Limmers is that they...