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By anders pearson 28 Jan 2004

i’m actually kind of excited about the impending snowstorm that’s supposed to be hitting nyc for the next couple days.

my poor old combat boots, which i’ve basically worn every single day for about 5 years (and they were used when i purchased them), are finally starting to show their age. the sole has started to wear through. if i’d taken much better care of the uppers it might be worth getting them re-soled, but i didn’t. plus, i only paid $30 for them, so it would probably end up costing me more to get them fixed than they are worth.

so i decided to retire them and ordered some <a href=”http://www.batesfootwear.com/Catalog/buydetail.asp?ProductID=8424”>Bates E00924 Boots</a> as replacements, which came in the mail today. they’ve gotten fantastic reviews and are apparently the boots issued to SEALs for training in.

so the snowstorm gives me a good excuse to really abuse them and see what kind of traction they’ve got.

they aren’t properly broken in yet, so i can’t say much about them. but they are amazingly light (i think my dress shoes weigh more) and the DuraShock soles aren’t as squishy as i’d feared (my old boots just had hard rubber between my feet and the pavement and i liked it that way). they kind of squeak when i walk on tile floor, but i’m hoping that’s just a new boot thing and they’ll quiet down. i’m also a little worried that the treads will track mud.

anyway, nothing like some sexy new combat boots to make a snowstorm more enjoyable.

Tags: combat boots