I am trying to get my friend to be more into the outdoors. The problem is that she is a strict vegetarian and cannot get herself to buy leather hiking boots. Please help if you can. There s a reason for this.
Leather is just such a darn good boot material.
It s tough, flexible, breathable and easily shaped. No synthetics fully match it. And, with all due respect to your friend, the market for backpacking footware for strict vegans is, well, a limited one. So no one has been financially motivated to come out with a decent backpacking boot that s leather-free. A few of the lighter ones, such as some of the Koflach models, aren t too clunky.