Contributions by Anonymous (2)

I'm mostly a backcountry skier/alpinist. These are great for both long walks on the flat, or climbing a coulior. Very very easy to adjust and use, good strapping. Although these are not supposedly for ski boot type applications, I use them that way as well as on my semi rigid semi-automatic type boots. Couldn't be happier.

when i was in peru, one of my porters, who was a little guy was carrying a big pack with the crappiest pair of little chinese made frail little shoes. I had a pair with all the bells and whistles, and decided he was stronger for his bare bones approach. So my ideal pair of shoes became the minimum i would need to get the job done.... simple. These are the ultimate combination of the 2 worlds, not enough to get in the way of your feet doing what their supposed to be able to do, just enough for ideal support and rocker. As long as inov8 doesn't change their philosophy i won't need anything else. I have a very low volume foot, and these fit perfect.... not for people who look at their shoes and dream of going on a run someday, for people who were born to run...