The handcrafted leather boots are a century-old tradition – but with money tight, the cost of up to $800 is harder to justify For 18 years, one of the most important relationships in Luke Mayfield’s life was with his boots. As a hotshot – one of the US’s elite firefighting crews sent deep, on fo...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/31/pacific-north-west-wildfires-firefighting-boots)