AKU Superlightweight Mountain Boot – First Look at Outdoorsmagic

OUTDOORSmagic has just run a first-look review of a new superlightweight mountaineering boot, the Spider GTX by AKU.
The new boot take a C1 crampon (a flexible crampon good for crossing glaciers and the like but not serious iceclimbing) and is good down to -25C.
The review doesn’t give a weight for the boot but does say they’ve shaved ounces using nylon and kevlar in the upper.
They promise a closer look at the boot soon.
If it’s anything like the company’s existing Edge GTX (pictured here) then it should be really light. The Edge comes in at just 655 grams a shoe.

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