Vivobarefoot?s Weird Water Trekking Jungle Boots Glow in the Dark
Barefoot footwear specialist Vivobarefoot's Jungle ESC's unique biomorphic boots are designed to literally to go with the flow.
If you’ve ever laced up a pair of hiking boots with the intent of sloshing around in the backcountry of a rain dampened forest, across a swamp, or through a tropical jungle, you know keeping water ? and the occasional uninvited critter ? from socializing with your toes is often a priority. Which makes the Vivobarefoot Jungle ESC an interesting outlier ? an expedition-grade barefoot boot built for jungle exploration ? that takes on a completely different approach. Instead of keeping water out, these boots are designed to intentionally allow water to permeate in easily… then drain right back out.
Shaped by expeditions into the Borneo jungle where humid, wet, and slippery landscapes are all part of the adventure, Vivobarefoot designers recognized the futility of attempting to get feet completely dry in certain types of extreme wet and humid conditions. So, instead of designing a stiff and heavy waterproof boot, Vivobarefoot’s new boots are high breathable and extremely flexible, prioritizing a quick draining and drying construction inspired by nature.
In a case of form following function, the Jungle ESC’s mesmerizingly strange upper design features an intricate biomimetic and biomorphic pattern, a protective layer with an advanced mesh outer engineered to let water drain while also preventing sediment and debris fro...
If you’ve ever laced up a pair of hiking boots with the intent of sloshing around in the backcountry of a rain dampened forest, across a swamp, or through a tropical jungle, you know keeping water ? and the occasional uninvited critter ? from socializing with your toes is often a priority. Which makes the Vivobarefoot Jungle ESC an interesting outlier ? an expedition-grade barefoot boot built for jungle exploration ? that takes on a completely different approach. Instead of keeping water out, these boots are designed to intentionally allow water to permeate in easily… then drain right back out.
Shaped by expeditions into the Borneo jungle where humid, wet, and slippery landscapes are all part of the adventure, Vivobarefoot designers recognized the futility of attempting to get feet completely dry in certain types of extreme wet and humid conditions. So, instead of designing a stiff and heavy waterproof boot, Vivobarefoot’s new boots are high breathable and extremely flexible, prioritizing a quick draining and drying construction inspired by nature.
In a case of form following function, the Jungle ESC’s mesmerizingly strange upper design features an intricate biomimetic and biomorphic pattern, a protective layer with an advanced mesh outer engineered to let water drain while also preventing sediment and debris fro...
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