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On 2025-12-21 02:52, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:32:53 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> About then or earlier I bough some good boots for mountain sports. I
>> think I actually used them 4 times over the years, but the last time,
>> the sole got unglued from the rest of the boot, on both boots, like a
>> gaping mouth, at the start of the trek. The boots were not even ten
>> years old, maybe 6. The rubber was still soft, but the boots were
>> garbage material. Fault of the glue, or one intermediate layer that
>> decomposed.
> 
> I have a pair of Limmer boots. They aren't cheap but they've went from
> nailed to glued soles. A complaint of the nailed soles was heat transfer
> in the winter.  I went hiking in Arizona on a nice spring day with the
> temps in the 90's and the trail was on black volcanic rock that really
> soaked up the sun. The glue melted. I wasn't happy duct taping an
> expensive pair of boots and then doing a more permanent fix with Shoe Goo.

That's not likely going to happen with boots sold in Spain :-)


Mmm... black volcanic rock I haven't tried, but black asphalt, yes.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;