Given my reawakened interest in mountain running, fell running, and trail running, I couldn't help but re-read Doug Robinson's piece from a 1970s Chouinard catalogue. It stands up pretty well today, although running through that talus field with approach shoes (with sticky rubber) would be a lot more fun than EBs!
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