>cowboys are synonymous with the outdoors
>conquerers of the plains, rockies, desert, coast
>from riding horses to scrambling up scree and crossing rivers
>all while wearing the slipperiest fucking soles in existence

I get that cowboy boots are designed around working with stirrups, but why the fuck would anyone wear these anywhere but two, from, and on a horse? Why do people still wear these anywhere besides on horseback?