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Plonkers.
If they read how much more useful it is to shave weight off your boots rather than off your pack they'd be grinding the soles down!
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I mean, these are folk with ascents of Freerider, the Colton-Mac, Eiger North Face etc.
And they definitely wear the lightest boots they can get away with. They were all wearing Scarpa Phatoms and other fancy euro looking things while the rest of us were still lugging around our Nepal Extremes (I doubt I’ll ever replace mine!).
Nef
Ha. I’ve got many friends who are militant about shaving weight off for alpine routes - cutting straps off packs, skinniest ropes possible, minimal racks with the lightest hardware. Managing to save a few kilos in pack weight definitely makes a difference when climbing, but the law of diminishing returns definitely applies.
Doesn’t appeal to me. I like having plenty food, water and warmth. But I don’t climb anywhere near as hard as my weight obsessed mental pals.