spider solo
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Nice article in the 2007 Backpackers Gear Guide page 21. (I don't know how to do a link to it.)
They actually took samples from Mallorys clothing and recreated the clothes he was wearing back then and then TESTED them on MT Everest.
They even tested them on the actual route he was on..using an old style wooden moutaineering axe to help recreate the work that he would have to be doing in those days... cutting steps etc.
Bottom line...all that fancy dancy clothing that most of us have is not so High Tech after all.
Plus his outfit "kit" was 20% lighter than the stuff that is used these days on the mountain.
The exception being the Down products that we have available these days and his foot wear (it wasn't mentioned).
Sooo...don't go throwing those woolpants and wool shirts away just yet and yes not even any cotton "windproofs".
Those guys were up there with silk ,cotton & wool... and it wasn't the cotton that killed him.
It would be fun to get together a few folk for some "Retro Hiking" we might just survive without our lastest & greatest outfits after all.
Got any "woolens"...?
They actually took samples from Mallorys clothing and recreated the clothes he was wearing back then and then TESTED them on MT Everest.
They even tested them on the actual route he was on..using an old style wooden moutaineering axe to help recreate the work that he would have to be doing in those days... cutting steps etc.
Bottom line...all that fancy dancy clothing that most of us have is not so High Tech after all.
Plus his outfit "kit" was 20% lighter than the stuff that is used these days on the mountain.
The exception being the Down products that we have available these days and his foot wear (it wasn't mentioned).
Sooo...don't go throwing those woolpants and wool shirts away just yet and yes not even any cotton "windproofs".
Those guys were up there with silk ,cotton & wool... and it wasn't the cotton that killed him.
It would be fun to get together a few folk for some "Retro Hiking" we might just survive without our lastest & greatest outfits after all.
Got any "woolens"...?