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heracles26
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Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 11:25 am

Thanks :)
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Re: Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 1:10 pm

do a search, the subject has been discussed at length before,
if you're posting a question at least post some background about what sort of trips you're looking at and where.
a post like this is pretty lazy, dont make other people dig for information, give them something to go on..
the answers arent always black and white, yes and no.... and the answer given will be determined by the information you do or don't provide...
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Re: Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 2:47 pm

Sometimes is not really a choice either. I tried on every boot in Hobart for my current pair and those that fit best just so happened to be GTX - which wasn't actually my preference.

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Re: Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 2:47 pm

At least he said thanks though, Wayno! :mrgreen:

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Re: Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 2:59 pm

Sorry here's some more details

4 week trek through the everest region in Nepal is the main reason I want to buy a new pair
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Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 3:37 pm

There can be two outcomes. 1) Thank heavens I bought GTX! 2) Thank God I didn't buy GTX! All depends on the circumstance and use as to which outcome eventuates.
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Re: Buying new boots - gore tex or not?

Sun 05 Jul, 2015 3:54 pm

GPSGuided wrote:There can be two outcomes. 1) Thank heavens I bought GTX! 2) Thank God I didn't buy GTX! All depends on the circumstance and use as to which outcome eventuates.


or it goes, first, thank heavens i bought GTX, then later on, why the &%#$*@ did I buy gore tex
or it starts out, why the %^$#@! did I buy gore tex and later on, thank heavens I bought gore tex...
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