>>1974684>Also why no one makes any traditional leather boot for extreme environments anymore. Yes, there are.
>They heavy, expensive,True
>not up to the task.They definitely do, for what they are made for. If you spend multiple days in the woods or low mountains typical of northern Europe where it's usually cold and wet, a leather boot that can be dried out is far superior to a goretex boot. They're easy to maintain with wax/fats and can be repaired/resoled.
It's just that you don't really need them in Iraq and Afghanistan.
