Maurice H from United States, CA Public Profile

I bought these boots new to take on a month long backpacking trip in the high sierra mountains of california.I wore the boots before the trip approximately 3 times- less than 20 miles total break-in. I really wanted to like these boots. I've only purchased Asolo boots for the past 15 years and wanted to see what other companies have to offer. After reading the good reviews on these Scarpa Kinesis Pro GTX boots, I decided to take the plunge. The boots broke-in easy and felt amazing on the trail. The Vibram sole provided excellent traction everywhere. The ankle support was more than sufficient for my almost 50-pound backpack (with 8 days of food in a bear can plus 3 liters of water). The waterproofing was never and issue on a trail that sometimes looked more like stream than land. The shoe lace "rollers" provide consistent and repeatable lace-up time and time again. There was some upper wear after close to 500 miles and 30 days on the trail, but nothing unreasonable for the amount of miles through sometimes unforgiving terrain (PCT/JMT/High Sierra Trail). Three weeks into the trip, these were 5- star rating boots.... Then on week four, the right shoelace came within a thread of failing. I knew of the shoelace issue per a previous review. I carry 550 paracord on the trail just in the event that a shoelace does fail. The original shoelaces are much more natural cotton feeling than the synthetic ones found on Asolo boots- which likely attribute to the accelerated wear, especially