tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post8771286837007786277..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Lakeland Great Outdoors and Scarpa - thumbs upSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-90272695125418822762015-06-27T08:37:55.294+01:002015-06-27T08:37:55.294+01:00Afoot - I'm beginning to wonder if waterproofi...Afoot - I'm beginning to wonder if waterproofing for trail shoes is really necessary. However good it is your feet end up wet in persistent long wet grass or non-stop rain, but I have to say the cheapo Mountain Warehouse shoes I bought in Stamford kept my feet dry except for the one day when it rained most of the time. The wet eventually soaks down through your socks. I hate wearing gaiters.<br /><br />-------------------<br /><br /><br />Alan R - I'm not sure of the ethics here selling them to an unsuspecting on the blog - at least you din't sell them to a friend.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41841347270432298992015-06-24T09:22:23.810+01:002015-06-24T09:22:23.810+01:00Gibson. I thought that your sandals post, one of t...Gibson. I thought that your sandals post, one of the best.<br /><br />Conrad, never had a pair of Scarpa before on the hill but I bought a pair once and saved them until my existing boots wore out. I wore them round the house and they killed my feet. I sold them on the blog.<br />I won't be rushing to buy a new pair but I think I am right in saying that Martin B wears them without a problem. He might even have a pair on his current LD walk, although I suspect he will have a softer shoe. Keen maybe.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-23010433233773813582015-06-24T07:40:49.257+01:002015-06-24T07:40:49.257+01:00Another example you will recall is my Keen sandals...Another example you will recall is my Keen sandals. Big holes in them and marked 'waterproof'. I do like them, but what were the designers thinking? There is a photograph on my blog.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-7071392827223549932015-06-23T22:57:13.127+01:002015-06-23T22:57:13.127+01:00gimmer - I had a pair of "sturdy leather boot...gimmer - I had a pair of "sturdy leather boots" a long time ago that were impossible. they gave me endless heel blisters. In desperation I ponded them with a lump hammer to try and soften them up. I ended up giving them away to a marginal friend. My Mountain Warehouse shoes that replaced the Scarpas are still fine with plenty of life left in them after finishing the Macmillan Way. The best value footwear I can remember buying.<br /><br />------------------<br /><br />Afoot - Hi Gibson. Another commenter referred to their believed quality of the Scarpa brand which I must say had a large influence on my purchase. I often wonder about professional designers. I had a portable answerphone which stood vertically on its base. The base had a light to tell you when there was a message waiting, but it was behind the phone where you couldn't see it - some guy would be on £50/60k a year as a designer - how can you get something so basic so wrong.?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-7368267700911838022015-06-23T21:51:55.654+01:002015-06-23T21:51:55.654+01:00Hello Conrad. Lynne bought a pair of Scarpa shoes ...Hello Conrad. Lynne bought a pair of Scarpa shoes a few months ago just for everyday use and finds them somewhat less than comfortable if worn all day. She has had a similar pair before which were fine so has persevered with the new ones, but really ought to have returned them. I've had one pair of Scarpa boots - never again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-75818516547671216072015-06-23T21:15:21.425+01:002015-06-23T21:15:21.425+01:00yes, indeed, well handled - softly softly catchee ...yes, indeed, well handled - softly softly catchee monkey: absolutely no answer to that and no escape from their duty.<br />What is amazing is that they should be made that way and v even more amazing, be sold here - maybe a Friday afternoon batch.<br />Is it the old PA issue in another guise - footware made for slim (for which read the silent 'elegant') continental feet don't suit the broader (again, read the silent 'contempt') English foot, I was told by a sniffy french shopman in paris hundreds of years ago when I complained of the agony on hard routes in those revolutionary rockshoes: in this case, maybe the 'nerveless' continental foot!<br />On the same subject, I have found my cheapish Mountain Warehouse shoes, which were pretty good at first, have now caused the same plantar fascitis and ankle numbness as the Keen's did when they were getting worn: maybe all such shoes are only much good when new or nearly so - my Ahnu's are still superb but they haven't started to collapse yet, so we will see. <br />Sturdy leather boots of the past never seemed to cause such suffering - once the breaking-in blisters and pain had subsided , of course.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5537866988913901792015-06-23T19:48:00.737+01:002015-06-23T19:48:00.737+01:00JJ - yes John. It is all too easy to go overboard ...JJ - yes John. It is all too easy to go overboard with indignant provocative language which just serves to alienate people. If your complaint is justified the unadorned facts should be enough.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-64214600756625549252015-06-23T15:54:02.962+01:002015-06-23T15:54:02.962+01:00You handled that perfectly Conrad, absolutely fact...You handled that perfectly Conrad, absolutely factual and completely businesslike. Any company rejecting your claim on the basis of your experiences detailed in your letter would be on a very sticky wicket.<br />I've no experience of Scarpa but I was always under the impression that they made good gear.John Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569413172924501491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48806357510021130682015-06-23T11:32:41.213+01:002015-06-23T11:32:41.213+01:00Gayel - I was using Sorbothane full gel footbeds. ...Gayel - I was using Sorbothane full gel footbeds. The ones that came with the Scarpas were poor with no cushioning. Without the Sorbothanes I don't think I would have lasted a day.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-54864645601109016522015-06-23T11:27:13.077+01:002015-06-23T11:27:13.077+01:00A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone who...A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone who was asking my opinion about footwear. It turned out that the reason this chap felt he needed advice was because he had bought a pair of expensive trail shoes (he admitted that his thingking was: more expensive = better) and had found that they just caused the sole of his feet to really hurt. He'd then thrown more money at the issue and bought an expensive pair of insoles, which still hadn't solved the problem. <br /><br />What he was saying rang bells with what I'd read on your blog, so I asked him what shoes they were. Yep, Scarpas. So, your issue was certainly not an isolated incident.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.com