During climbing up, the sole of my climbing boots started to peel off and I had to walk carefully not to aggravate the situation. On the summit, however, the sole of the left boot peeled heavily, almost taken off. While climbing down, the right side one fell into the same condition and I had difficulties.
Everything has its life span and I bought these boots about 35 years ago. I used them one to two weeks a year for 10 years or so, but ever since the boots have been stored in the shoe box. This event shows that the component outlives its usefulness and capability of preventing failure.
However, I wasn't able to give up the boots and took them to my regular shoemaker. I appealed to him for revival of the boots. I'd like to use them a little longer. The shoes' trouble sometimes endangers climber's lives in high mountains. Especially in winter, that's the case. I'm not going to use them in winter or high mountains, but these boots truly fit my feet and I'd like to use them while trekking on easy routes.
When it comes to the shoes trouble, a happening in Whistler in Canada sticks with me. This incident is written here in this blog(link). After coming back to the lodge, my ski boots came apart in pieces as I stepped forward. If this incident happened in skiing, I would have been seriously injured. In today's case, I was just lucky with lots of helpful friends, the wonderful weather and the low mountains.
(Vocabulary)
climbing boots 登山靴
spats スパッツ
sole [C] 足の裏; [C] 靴底; [C] (複 sole, soles) シタビラメ (海水魚)
shoes with rubber soles ゴム底の靴
endanger one's life 命に関わる
https://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2012/03/miserable-boots.html
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