"if you don't hike in boots you'll die"

In forums, I tend to hear the opposite. "If you hike in boots, you will die." It's true that with traditional boots, sore feet are a probability.

These are the boots I got after a lot of research.

Read the reviews. Then it won't be just my opinion. There is a big difference in different boots from Danner and others. It really pays to read the reviews.

There is one comment about them not being waterproof. That comment is not correct.