{"id":3115,"date":"2012-04-25T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T12:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2012-04-25T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T12:49:54","slug":"how-long-should-a-pair-of-hiking-boots-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=3115","title":{"rendered":"How long should a pair of hiking boots last?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought my latest pair of\u00a0Scarpa Terra GTX boots<\/a>, from Open Air in Cambridge<\/a>, UK on the 7th April 2012 for over \u00a3120 (the price has rocketed recently since they moved production back to Italy from Romania) , in preparation for walking the whole of The South West Coast Path which is just over 1000km or 630 miles. Here are snapshots of the boot over the past 14 days:-<\/p>\n

\"Scarpa<\/a>The first image is with zero steps, centre image after 279,604 steps (127 miles) and the right hand image after \u00a0533,415 steps (243 miles)<\/span><\/p>\n

As you can see the heel is getting worn out very quickly , now down to the core material with the toe rapidly catching up. The terrain is not particularly harsh mainly grass \/ mud \/sand \/tarmac but no granite limestone etc.<\/p>\n

So will they last the 630 miles? It would be interesting to hear what Scarpa have to say about their boot life! \u00a0In fact the first pair only lasted 1 hour as there was a broken needle stuck in the leather \ud83d\ude42 but Open Air replaced those straight away.<\/p>\n

Update: 30 April 2012<\/p>\n

The left boot leaked really badly today from somewhere at the front of the boot, thats 680,000 steps, 102 hours of walking, 307 miles. Pretty poor show<\/p>\n