>>2533717here's a pic of a popular boot here, the m77. this is a shell boot in its a single piece of leather and that is it so that you can customize the insulation. Great in theory, but in my experience the lacing needs more work because once you have 2 layers of socks in your 1-2 size upsized m77s, the lacing is wonky. The lower laces don't hold down well once you move up the lace chain and your foot starts to slide around. If you tighten too much at the instep too you cut circulation off to your lower foot and then what's the point of wearing all those socks?
There are a ton of blood vessels right at the top of the foot above the arch that the smallest amount of circulation cut off and your foot starts to freeze.
>it's a 4/5 effort, especially for being an almost 50 year old design. the leather is 2/5, the lacing 3/5, the foot width is 4/5 but needs to be wider for winter. It's a design that should handle customization better between lacing up for summer and winter and there's just no way around it because it doesn't.This is the problem and wall people face. If you want a good design engineered to succeed in bad conditions, chances are it will be fuck ugly. Think crocs, think birkenstock. Look at the stegler design above. Chad has his feet kicked up despite it looking like roblox made his threads.
>one other obvious thing with warmth.keep the core of your body warm, because thats the part pumping out warm blood to the rest of the body. use a hat too. keep your gay wool skull beany in your jacket so its there with you.
