Starting cell tower climbing on Monday. After tons of searching and trying on maybe 15 different boots, I decided on the Thorogood 804. The internet seems to think I made a good choice.
Zamberlan Baltoro lites: one new set of tread and over 2000 miles of hiking in the year I've owned them. Should get another year out of them no problem. As a forester and a avid hiker I really put boots through hell and these have my stamp of approval.