Professor
Senior Member
I did a lot of woods walking before I bought the Crispis. A lot of it was in black basketball court shoes and when it was cold I wore Sears boots. It can be done, but if I had known the advantages of these boots I would have bought fewer guns and started spending the money on these boots way back then. Most of my cold weather clothes are a mix of military surplus. I don't really like camo too much, so I certainly would never have matching camo. I have really nice boots and packs because these items help lessen the strain on my body.Pretty much. I like good quality stuff. But, it begins to get ridiculous at some point. I'm kind of glad I was raised poor, because I learned that you can walk through the woods without $500 boots, and $1k worth of hi-tech britches, drawers, and jacket on, you can catch trout without a $1000 rod and a $300 reel, you can kill deer without a $1000 rifle with a $1000 scope on it, and you can butcher and process that deer yourself with a pocket knife and fillet knife. Some folks nowadays seem to think all the above is impossible.