Hey guys: I have been reading this thread with a smile. I don't know if any of you guys have ever met Del and his wife who used to run the horse stable at Hummingbird creek/Ram river area. He claimed he guided for sheep in the area for many years. He packed Salty and me in for a week long sheep hunt...anyways he was looking at our stuff as we unloaded our stuff at the trail head and we got to talking about the "best" boots for sheep hunting, etc. I showed him my Hanwags and he starts laughing.
All he ever wore was $19.95 rubber boots...the rest he said were junk! I guess men in his day were just tough.
Hoopi