The old Salomon boots died in Japan this September. The EVA midsole crumbled, leaving the rubber outsole detached from the upper back to about the ball of my foot. They stayed together long enough for me to get back to Hawaii without the sole becoming completely detached and making me look like a Charlie Chaplin character. Age was the factor here, not wear. The outsole was not heavily worn and hadn’t become hard with age yet. The Gore-Tex was still leak-proof and the leather was fine. The rubberized scuff-patch on the toes had started to peel and crack over a year ago. I picked up a pair of Danners for $140 to replace the Salomons, but thusfar haven’t tested them – hopefully they won’t be as slippery on snow and ice as the slick-as-$h!t Salomons were.
Here are the old boots:
Here are the new boots:
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