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!: Boots - A revolution in progress

A few decades feet were frozen to death as a regrettable but inevitable consequence of mountaineering. If you've had enough of going up a few deaf or worse. This is no longer the Case. A revolution in hiking boots has the shoes that stay dry even after days of trudging through the snow and keep your feet warm, which can also be produced in the freezing cold of high altitude peaks. And the revolution is still ongoing. New materials and lead to isolationBoots that are lighter, warmer and safer than ever.

A brief history of the boots had all the way back to 3,300 BC, and Ötzi the Iceman, whose body was found in a glacier between Austria and Italy. Ötzi's shoes were waterproof and insulated to allow him to walk in the snow. In recent years, leather boots came to dominate mountaineering. They were often double layers to help insulate your fingers and the skin was soaked and treated toholds. But even the best leather mountaineering boots are soaked after a few days on the snow. And wet boots mean cold feet and the danger of freezing.

Recent innovations in double plastic boots were climbing. One of the most famous of them was the Scarpa Vega (in America is known as Scarpa Inferno). This boot is made of thick waterproof plastic on the outside, and has a thick foam lining for insulation. The shoe was revolutionary Vegafor his time and for years has dominated the field. This boat shoe is probably the top of high peaks, more than any other boat in history. But this had to be overcome and Scarpa now recommend this boat for more than 8000 low-gaiters, which aims only at temperatures of -30 ° C (with special boots inside height) is used. But this is an awkward and uncomfortable to wear on the boat and is very popular.

The boots that have passed the Scarpa Omegais much more agile and offers almost the same degree of isolation. In addition, warmer boots are Scarpa Phantom 8000, which is easily evaluated and warm down to minus 40 ° C. Another is the competition from La Sportiva. Its Olympus Mons Evo Boot is super warm and lightweight. These advances in boots that the risk of losing a toe or two, significantly reducing the high mountains.