Mountaineering Boots: is the first of a series of beginners guides covering the basic gear you need if you starting to discover the outdoors for the first time. Other guides will include choosing hiking boots, buying a first stove, sleeping bag and tent. Buying your first pair of mountaineering boots (or, for that matter, hiking […]
Are Gore-Tex Boot Liners A Waste of Money?
Outside Magazine’s gear guy has opened a can of worms; he’s answered a question most gear manufacturers would prefer wasn’t asked: Are Gore-Tex boot liners a waste of money : It’s a controversial question alright. Add Gore-Tex, or some newer fabric like Event, to a boot and you can easly add $20 to the price. […]
La Sportiva Makalu Reviewed – One of the Top Winter Mountaineering Boots
There’s a particular feeling you get when you cinch yourself into a pair of four-season winter boots. It’s an electric mix of invincibility and discomfort as you adjust your gait to a ramrod sole that’s meant for kicking snow steps and front pointing all day. Serious boots were built for one thing, and that’s not […]
Scarpa Manta Comes Top In Trail Magazine Review
Scarpa has just cleaned up the British Trail Magazine’s awards, winning best 4-season winter boot with the Scarpa Manta and best 3-4 season boot with the Scarpa SL. The review, which calls itself “Britain’s toughest test”, is bound to increase the popularity of the already iconic Manta boot.Update 2010: Most of this was written when […]
Scarpa Omega A New Generation of Ice Climbing Boot
Scarpa Omega – A New Generation of Ice-Climbing Boot Scarpa, well known for their double plastic Vega boots (Inferno in the U.S.), have released a new ice climbing boot that claims to be lighter and warmer than its competitors in the field of double plastic boots. These are boots with a waterproof and freeze-proof plastic […]