Mount Washington guy again
after tallying up my expenses for the climb im trying to trim down on the budget the biggest one being the 400-500 dollar la sportiva nepal evo gtx boots
i found these at a local store for 250 and they seem to have good reviews and are built relatively sturdy along with be a clone of the nepal evo
https://www.kayland.com/en/shop-en/mountaineering/super-ice-evo-gtx-black-red.html