You know it must be an age or regional thing, but I would never call these particular boots "waffle stompers". To me, w stompers were the lightweight boots that came along AFTER this sytle of climbing boot. The Vasque Sundowners, Hi Tecs, Dunhams, (I think the Dunham WAS actually named the Waffle Stomper).

To me, these are classic climbing boots.
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