Originally Posted By Quigley
Good points made by all. I was in a retail backpacking store in a mall yesterday and seeing their prices on boots and such kinda set me off on this subject.
Never one for trendy clothes, so I'll keep my Carrhart jacket, work boots and surplus backpack. I'm only doing day hikes for now plus I need to loose some weight. Gettin fat and lazy in my ol' age. LOL!!


For boots look at Sports Authority or Dicks, you can pick up some trail runners or some reasonable hiking boots for $40-$70. I don't think you are going to find anything for much less than that unless you look through the thrift stores. Another good place is your local Army Surplus store.