Nike Frees exceed 17,000' expectations

Many doubted that this was the right shoe for the job, but after a 5360m summit and a 5360m pass, naysayers have been quieted. 

Only a couple repairs with thread and Aquaseal were necessary over three weeks of mountain trekking, and they held strong. 

Apparently, a pound on the foot is worth four on the back. I would love to report that this relative weightlessness made me fly up the hills, but it was more of a gasping-for-oxygen trudge.