You obviously have NO EXPERIENCE with Gore-Tex if you think you can't stand in ankle deep water all day, day after day, without a bit of a leak. The uppers of my current Irish Setters, being primarily constructed of 1000 denier Cordura nylon with some sort of hard rubber heel and toe caps and only a small amount of leather along the sides of the footbed, don't seem to stretch much no matter how long they're exposed to water. Open your mind and learn something for a change you arrogant, stupid thief. Talk about a [bleep]' pretender ! Oh and BTW, I've worked outdoors every day for nearly my entire adult life. Much of that time very near the NY/Quebec border with snow ass deep to a tall indian in winter and temps down to -30F. It might not be your blessed Kodiak but it ain't no [bleep]' picnic to work in either. Gore-Tex, good socks and plenty of Thinsulate are a blessing.
