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- From: padams@cvbnet.prime.com (cvbnet)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: Winter Boots
- Message-ID: <4505@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:51:41 GMT
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- From article <1hfsdmINNc8a@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, by au143@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mikael Niku):
- >
- > There has been some discussion about winter boots.
- > I'd like to ask (again !) if the concept of RUBBER BOOT is
- > totally unknown to Americans, etc. !
- >
- rubber boots are not totally unknown. some of us refer to them
- as 'pacs'. the only trouble with rubber is it's too easily penetrated
- with a crampon. plastic boots help with that.
-
- -paul
-