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$5,000 Exoskeleton Pants Promise to Make You a Better Hiker
The $5,000 Mo/Go hiking pants use braces and carbon fiber arms to take pressure off your legs when climbing stairs or mountains.
Fast Company rolled around in them for a hike and found the exoskeleton took a lot of weight off the knee, cushioned footfalls, and kicked the leg forward when tackling an incline. Just two weeks ago, I dragged myself up the short, though intense Breakneck Ridge loop for the sake of an Apple and Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra comparison. The MO/GO is a pair of Arc’teryx Gamma pants with cuffs to snap Skip’s carbon fiber exoskeletal thighs onto the outside of each leg, which should impact your quadriceps and hamstring muscles.
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