Carmel
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After going to about five hundred gear stores from RI, CT, MA, and NH I've about had it looking for crampon compatible leather boots! I have found a hundred different variations of sandals, pack boots, and even UGGS with no luck on good non-plastic boots. Why gear stores have more UGGs and boots i'd use to shovel my driveway than hiking/mountaineering boots could be another thread altogether. If people are sucessfully hiking in UGGs and they are working out awesome, let me know...
Today someone mentioned to me that his step-ins dig into his heel through his plastics and recommended the regular strap in crampons. And, I have noticed that they do make strap in crampons with less straps than they used to, making it much easier (so you can put them on without your fingers freezing off).
I'm thinking about giving up on the crampon compatibles and just going for a nice sturdy boot that I can use the strap-ins with.
Has anyone had bad experiences with the step-ins? I think I almost might need the opinion of someone who has had both (maybe not).
Should I ditch the idea of getting them because its too hard to find a good boot and that doesn't weigh ten thousand pounds?
If this has already been discussed four hundred times, i really do appologize, I did do a search, but i couldn't get the answer i was looking for!
Today someone mentioned to me that his step-ins dig into his heel through his plastics and recommended the regular strap in crampons. And, I have noticed that they do make strap in crampons with less straps than they used to, making it much easier (so you can put them on without your fingers freezing off).
I'm thinking about giving up on the crampon compatibles and just going for a nice sturdy boot that I can use the strap-ins with.
Has anyone had bad experiences with the step-ins? I think I almost might need the opinion of someone who has had both (maybe not).
Should I ditch the idea of getting them because its too hard to find a good boot and that doesn't weigh ten thousand pounds?
If this has already been discussed four hundred times, i really do appologize, I did do a search, but i couldn't get the answer i was looking for!
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