Russ
look at the new style army boots.......they are made by lowa and are alot cheaper!, i have a pair in 8 med which is an 8.5 and they are very comfortable to wear with a good vibram sierra sole and of course are goretex lined. look on ebay for them.
I wore mine once or twice on the hill last year and they were fine although mine are a tad too big and i should of got an 8 reg, so i went back to wearing my glockners.
All in all though i can recommend the new proboot (british army lowa)
steve