By august_september • April 2, 2025"I love these boots. I never honestly thought I would've stuck through this whole competition, and I don't think I could've in many other boots. These were versatile, comfortable, hard-wearing. I think I could've worn them harder.
Still, my boots and I have lived a LIFE in these past 7 months. We took leaps of faith, we fell in love, we rose to occasions. We conquered and crushed obstacles:
My cat, Sigmund Freud, passed away in my arms during this competition. I buried him wearing these boots.
I gave a keynote speech at a graduation ceremony at my alma mater --- and I did it in these boots.
I launched a new free food pantry for food insecure people in my community, that's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One of the only food pantries in the country that is always open. And I did all the shelf assembly in these boots, and I stocked those shelves in these boots, and I put up decals and posters in these boots, and I dragged fridges and freezers across the state to put in this pantry, you guessed it, in these boots.
I jumped and pushed and shoved people in mosh pits at various punk concerts.
I ate at Michelin star restaurants in these boots --- including the best meal of my life.
I started a cobbler apprenticeship in these boots, and was paid by my first customer in these boots.
I fell in love with my partner in these boots.
Just like the patina on these boots, I know my life has changed and grown for the better, and there's certainly no going back — only forward. With these boots, or on them...."Read the full review
