This is ( was???) the best walking shoe I have ever owned.  I hate hot lace-up type athletic shoes and wore these all year on my 3 mile walks.  I also took them with me to Europe this fall and found them easy and lightweight to pack.  They took me through the hills and dales of rural England and up and down the cobblestone streets of France and Germany.  I even wore them trekking along the Cinque Terre's rough trails.  They are wonderful.  But, alas, I think becoming impossible to find.  I will keep looking because I really love this shoe.