I was born in 1986 - this thing is as old as me! Wow..

> I'm in the Alps

only way to one up someone in the rockies lmao

The breathable portion is where you are going to run into some issues. I have two pairs of Redwings I purchased in 2007 that I still wear frequently during the winter, and I purchased them because at the time I worked a physical job. Construction-wise, they are well-made and very durable--I moisturize the leather twice a year with Leather Honey, have used them with a shoedryer since the day I bought them, and they continue to still look great. But, they are not the most breathable shoe. You will not wear through the top of a pair of Redwings. When I was wearing them for 8-12 hour workdays, I would generally wear them with a thicker sock.

With any good pair of shoes, if your feet sweat, IMHO a shoe dryer is worth its weight in gold.

My (slightly edited) post from a while back:

Search for a company called Wisport They started in the 80's making tourist stuff, nowadays, they focus on military/survival packs. Pretty much all military designs have been developed together with Special Forces operators and they're the main customers.

They're not the prettiest designs, but that's not their purpose. They need to last and maintain functionality in any conditions. You can run them over with a tank, throw them off a building, whatever... they just keep on going. I've got 5 of their packs at home. The oldest one is more than 20 years old and my son still likes to use it for school, 2 other ones are about 15 years old and we use them for day trips, and 2 quite new are used as school/laptop bags.

Since my original post they started doing more civilian packbacks. Same materials, same quality, less MOLLE tapes, brighter colors.

Bostonians are fine, but they will fall apart after a few years, and I don't think they can be resoled

"hey smokey- you gots the fuzz on ya?"

Look for “Diamond Lil” here in states. Similar diamond crusted stainless, but flat, smaller, and cheaper.

I thought it was an interlock system at first

These are overalls! What do you call those?

Is this going to be a long road? :)

My grandpa had two of those. We used to hook them up and use them on road trips. Thanks for the memory flashback :)

Lol no one should do anything ever.

Oooh the alps. Someday I would love to visit those areas. Wouldn't be surprised if it was more gorgeous and impressive lol.

Funny, there's a town in southwest co called Ouray (named after a famous chief) that is nestled in San Juan Mountains nicknamed "Switzerland of America".

Several trails can be accessed from there which take you up above 11,000 ft (~3400m) with some of the most beautiful mountain scenes I know of (so far).

Dungarees-- those are called overalls. Ha, wouldn't be caught dead in those but I've seen a few guys wear em off road.

I'm pretty much a jeans or carpenter pants dork.

More like than not this would not be a very good product and would likely not make any notable difference in air quality. The lack of any technical information, combined with the price, suggest this. If price is an issue, I would suggest constructing a Corsi-Rosenthal Box, which can be put together for the cost of box fans, MERV-13 or higher furnace filters, and tape. These move large quantities of air using filters of known level of performance to make a huge difference in reducing particle counts.

HA! I have an McM account! Will check it out!

Candy cane?

Call em Overalls in Canada

Over-alls.

I have a handheld CB radio that my grandparents kept in the car they passed down to me. It's neat to have, works fairly well, but I've never had to use it. (yet)

I'm in the Alps, I'm sure it's just as gorgeous there!

Now I'm curious what you call dungarees

Way of the road there bubs

Ham radios much more regulated, there's licensing involved

Not sure what qualifies as dungarees. Not a word I hear often in the US.

I have been going on four wheeling trips a few times every summer since 1998 here around Colorado and around Moab. I have seen amazing places on those trips. Places you can't really imagine or understand from looking at a picture. My daughter really enjoys it.

PS: assuming you're not from around here... If you ever want to visit and see how gorgeous it can be up in the Rockies, hit me up and I will take you out on a trail run somewhere and show you what I mean.

As often as you clean leather shoes obtained by other means?

Oh shit, I think I had the exact same thing and tossed it out last year in a raging afternoon of spring cleaning.

Drain yearly. Replace anode rods as needed.