Those are REI boots. Members benefits!!! Someone bought them and returned them. They were BRAND SPANKIN NEW!!!! THey had them marked down to $90.00, then the members got 60% of that price....so whatever that comes out to- that's what I paid. There not Wally World boots, MB... Just Walmart priced!
At the Milwaukee REI, I think they just have a section in the back with the returned stuff. In Baltimore, they have like 2 sales a year where they sell it all at once. That's the place to be for great deals! We got karina a 3-ply goretex rain jacket (sierra designs- retails for like 190) and that was only 28.00! I got some 30.00 superfeet insoles for like 6.00. Good stuff!
I like those REI boots for footlocking because the area up by the toe is smooth and provides a lot of surface area to grab the rope. Also, there is a pretty sizeable strip of grippy rubber- that helps, too!
Great in wet conditions- these will get me through any WI winter (the NJ winter was a breeze!).
The sole is reasonably flexible. I need that in a tree. I guess it's because I am a rock climber and come from the "additional surface area is good" mentality. I couldn't imagine climbing in some hard-soled leather boots like Red wings, but I admit that I've never tried it.
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nick
