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Dave Golder

Are motorized self-hiking boots the most useless invention ever? This video says “yes!”

Self-hiking boots made for Failure Is An Option.

Ever felt like your hiking could do with a little bit of power assist? Well, you could spend thousands on a futuristic hiking exo-skeleton to give your muscles a boost. Or you could just pimp your hiking boots with some caterpillar wheels and a motor. 

Because that’s going to work, right? If cyclists can have e-bikes, surely walkers can have e-boots?

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