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<blockquote data-quote="jimss" data-source="post: 1559262" data-attributes="member: 66919"><p>I tried Kennetrek Mountain Extremes for 1 day and returned them. With the super thick and tall soles it felt like I was on stilts with high heals. It was literally dangerous on steep, rocky slopes...I was constantly tripping on rocks and twisting my ankles. I replaced them with Lowa Tibets. Tibets are a lot lower profile to the ground. They have been an incredible boot right out of the box. Even though the Tibets are great boots, I<span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"> hardly ever wear them except in deep snow. The problem with heavier, stiffer, taller boots with thick soles is it's nearly impossible to stalk game quietly. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p>My preference is a medium weight/height hiker. I've had great luck with a couple different Lowa models.... Lowa Vantage, Lowa Caninos, and also Scarpa Kalaish. I've tried to find boot with the least amount of stitching. From what I've found boots tend to fall apart at the seams once the stitching area gets wet. Full length leather similar to Tibets usually lasts longer than boots with several layers of outer material that is stitched together. I wear my boots every day at work in the field...so I'm super hard on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimss, post: 1559262, member: 66919"] I tried Kennetrek Mountain Extremes for 1 day and returned them. With the super thick and tall soles it felt like I was on stilts with high heals. It was literally dangerous on steep, rocky slopes...I was constantly tripping on rocks and twisting my ankles. I replaced them with Lowa Tibets. Tibets are a lot lower profile to the ground. They have been an incredible boot right out of the box. Even though the Tibets are great boots, I[SIZE=14px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)] hardly ever wear them except in deep snow. The problem with heavier, stiffer, taller boots with thick soles is it's nearly impossible to stalk game quietly. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] My preference is a medium weight/height hiker. I've had great luck with a couple different Lowa models.... Lowa Vantage, Lowa Caninos, and also Scarpa Kalaish. I've tried to find boot with the least amount of stitching. From what I've found boots tend to fall apart at the seams once the stitching area gets wet. Full length leather similar to Tibets usually lasts longer than boots with several layers of outer material that is stitched together. I wear my boots every day at work in the field...so I'm super hard on them. [/QUOTE]
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