John Hill, Editor of Good Ski Guide and Mountain Magic dropped us a few lines about his trusty Hillmaster's.

"I've just turned in my brasher's which have seen service in some 20 countries. I used the boots to travel to ski resorts worldwide and as a snow boot round resort, and in the spring and summer used them for many treks in the Alps and in the Cairngorms. 
They saw great service in the recent Great Freeze when I was stuck in Aviemore for a week in metre-deep snow. I used them to walk to the shops in Aviemore for supplies and they initially gave up - well all that went wrong was that the join in the leather started to separate - not surprising after all those many thousands of miles.
The soles were hardly worn, and the boots were the comfiest, warmest and best water-repelling boot I have ever had and I have tested many boots over the years but always went back to my brasher's.

I now have a new pair of Hillmaster GTX which will be involved in many new adventures.

p.s The original boots were gifted to me by Mike Browne for our company's help in assisting him to set up his Snow and Rock chain."