[blam]

The copper axe found with Otzi/Iceman, pushed the copper age back in time by 1,000 years.

[cake_crumb]

"Mr Hlavacek, who reconstructed a pair of the shoes..."

Dead bear and murdered grass. What will B&G say?

[EggsAckley]

I can't help but wonder why it took him 12 years to come up with this. Public funding?

Regardless, it IS a fascinating story.

[jordan8]

This is hardly news. "Finnesko" or reindeer (caribou) boots were used well into the twentieth century by arctic explorers. They are made of the head or leg skin of a stag and are worn with several wool socks with a special type of grass, sennegrass, stuffed in for insulation. Shackleton says the best type are made from the legs. I doubt if they are better than modern arctic boots, though.

[Ditter]

Good? Maybe, but better? He never had a pair of electric socks.

[liberalnot]

i would be very interested in seeing these shoes, or a commercial development.

i hike. and, i get blisters. hot days, down hills.

then atheletes told me, get cool max socks.

so, i got cool max socks. and i got more blisters.

[hattend]

Sorry, I'll keep my New Balance hikers. Thanks anyway, professor.

[John Beresford Tipton]

I've love my prehistoric Caveman Lawyer Wingtips.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Sam Cree]

Shoes with little or no arch support...maybe it's a good thing.