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Not 100% sure.
We are now talking about mountain expeditions and no longer walking... The Milet GTX shoes are pretty much THE Everest shoe these days. Their design, however, is about weight and thermal isolation and not about robustness or long life. Its like the difference between Conti Competitions and Olympics. As a walking shoe the GTXs are worthless but climing Everest is not about walking. The temperature range is also at extremes where many materials have problems. They are throw-away shoes and priced according to their application. The 700 EUROs they cost is small compared to the rest of the cost of an Everest climb. Does the design use GoreTex? Yes but only, I think, in the gamasche-- which is constructed of Kevlar.
I have nothing against GoreTex,, Windtex etc. Another example is in cycling... I have cycling gloves with WindTex.. and use a WindTex undervest instead of newspapers... My rain jacket is also GoreTex.. its also foldable and fits in a tiny bag. Its not as good as other products but better than some of the plastic bags people also use in races.. While I have a number of woolen cycling jerseys I also use modern synthetic ones too. Some of my cycling shoes are made using synthetic materials instead of leather and have carbon mouded soles instead of wood. None of my cycling shoes have ever been Goodyear welted as that construction makes no sense in the application.