After two cases of boot soles peeling away without warning, Frances Daroux wants more to be done to ensure tramping boots are fit for purpose. In the wilderness, you depend heavily on your gear. It has to be reliable, but what happens when your most important piece of kit – your footwear – fails? Just […]
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