Peter knows that finding boots while out there is not so easy.
especially if you're looking for boots to fit some midgets who wander into serious terrain. The US market for shoes essentially rules out that anyone at the age of 10 or 11 would ever want to wear a real boot...
Anyway - here's a solid boot from my photo archive - 1981 vintage (I think my friend who wore it bought it used, so it's 70s probably. My own boot was even bigger):
That type of asskicker boot nowadays needs to be special ordered from a few people who still can make them
3 pounds a piece - crampon ready last, hard to walk on, but we loved them on scree and snow.
