Boot manufacturer names doesn't quite answer my question with regard to what you consider "serious mountain use". How do you define serious mountain/backcountry use?

Also, just curious, what are you implying when you say "I do no think like a guided client"?

It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't, everyone would do it. The hard...is what makes it great.
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