Just scored a pair of vintage koflach mountaineering boots (picrel) at an estate sale. Would these still be considered viable gear today? Supposedly the previous owner only used them for one expedition so they are basically new.
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>>2851331it's just a shoe, who cares
>>2851331At worst you lose some toes to frostbiteNo big deal
>>2851333its cursedyou become green boots and when you try to climb a mountain you slip and fall but ur stuck in a crevasse too deep to rescue you out of, but close enough that people can see your boots hanging out as they walk past
>>2851344and his little frozen boner
>>2851344>Crevasse mentioned
>>2851355*wispers* WhipSaaake!
>>2851344that's a fuck ugly shade of yellow, not green
>>2851369It's signal yellow
>>2851344He actually sought shelter under a small overhang on the trail so everyone that took that route had to pass within feet of him.He was "missing" for a few years and people thought he had been dislodged and slid down the mountain side but he "returned" and its believed he was just covered with ice/snow. (At that point of the ascent nobody is foolish enough to stop and waste time and energy digging around in the snow)
>>2851331To actually answer, yes its probably just fine. All a boot really needs to be a mountaineering boot is a sole with metal or something else to make it very stiff, to be waterproof, and have as much insulation needed to keep your feets warm. Looks fine.
>>2851331Wake up anon, mountains have changed a lot in the last couple of decades. What might have worked for gramps isn't gonna cut it on today's high-performance peaks. Put away your tryhard retro hipster larp and grow up.
>>2851331god they look uncomfortable as fuck. id rather climb barefoot
>>2851369its green after a decade under the sun
>>2851331I found a pair of those at Goodwill bins and passed them up for $1.29/lb because although the outside looked perfect, the liner was disintegrating. It's like felt with some hard plastic bits glued to the bottom, and the hard plastic is what was falling apart.
>>2851375>>2851409The duality on man>>2851421According to many sources they are reportedly quite uncomfortable to many. Supposedly they hold up well though.>>2851345He's Indian so dying in a completely avoidable accident with a small boner on display completely tracks Captcha: G0T0Ylel
>>2851331Bro.Plastic deteriorates even if you keep in in a cool dark place. After 10+ years it's starting to fall apart.Its supposed to stop you from falling of a mountain.Pic related, a random example of many such photos of old ski boots on the internet
>>2851331No one mountaineers anymore. Unless you count rich yuppies. You wont snag any suckers, unless you specifically seek out well-off people.
>>2851374Imagine knowing this lmao
