Just got home from Cabala's after being shown the "Cabela's "Meindl" -- the perfekt Lite hightop model. See, I had never [i]heard[/i] of Meindl. I was so pleased and excited when I tried them on...perhaps the greatest shoe experience I've ever had -- form-fitting soles like Burdenstocks? C'mon! So I came home and googled up Meindl, which led me to this forum. It's obvious the folks on this discussion know their boots. But from a guy who has just discovered Meindl, it was an experience a 50-year-old man does have every day. Either way they are manufactured - for Cabela's or Internationally, this boot will make my life more enjoyable on a daily basis. I'll pick them up tomorrow.