I bought these for a Mt Whitney trip. My first priority was a boot that would not jam up my toes while descending and I hoped that these would do the trick after trying on everything at REI and having my toes jam up just standing on their inclined rock in the store.
When I finished the trip, I was happy with the boots - zero foot pain climbing or descending and great and supportive footing. Fun
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