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old school type heavy all leather mountain boots

Arrandale

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I’m a heavy leather jacket geek as well as heavy leather mountain boots enthusiast living in Japan.
Today I would like to introduce 2 very heavy all leather mountain boots.
(1) Ando Seika Pulse 7000G
This is a heavy zone mountain boots Made by Ando Seika(Ando is the name of the company and Seika means shoe maker), a Japanese maker in Tokyo. This boots was used by Naomi Uemura, a professional adventurer and a mountaineer who was the first Japanese to climb the Everest in 1970, and the first in the world to successfully climb the highest mountains of 5 continents. In 1984 he succeeded in climbing Mt. Denali in winter but went missing during descending. He never returned.
He wore Ando Seika Pulse 7000G when he climbed Mt. Denali.
Pulse 7000G is not exclusively made for winter mountaineering but has serious heat insulation, and made from Gallojuchten steerhide, a specific hide used to make heavy duty mountain boots such as Pulse 7000G, Kamoshika Sports Chomolungma boots, Meindl Super Perfekt, also a heavy duty mountain boots made in Germany.
(2) Kamoshika Sports Chomolungma
Seriously heavy duty winter season mountain boots made in Japan.
This boots was worn by Yuichiro Miura, a professional Japanese mountaineer who sled downhill from 8000 m in Himalaya.
(3) Meindl Super Perfekt
Very heavy duty made mountain boots made by Meindl, a German company. It is made from 1 piece Gallojuchten Steerhide, and is perfectly heat and water insulated.
The weight of these boots are:
Chomolungma: 1800 g,
Pulse 7000G: 1700 g
Meindl Super Perfekt: 1350 g

Today, heavy duty mountain boots are made from synthetic materials.
new school mountain boots are significantly lighter which is around 650g.
 

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TartuWolf

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Thank you for providing this interesting information. Could you provide more photos of the boots mentioned? And maybe share some of the ones you own?
 

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