Over the years I have owned a number of Scarpa shoes. In fact my original full leather hiking boots are still going after 15 years and don't look like dying any time soon. Last year, I bought a pair of Scarpa Crux approach shoes while in London. They are comfortable shoes and easy to use as an every day shoe. After only two months though they had holes appearing in them where the shoe flexes over the toe. The holes went all the way through and started to leak water as well. So, I did not think this was...