Hiking isnt for everyone.
Its a beautiful pastime, but it requires tenacity and a consistent mode of transportation.
With theMO/GO exoskeletonhiking pants, a traipse through the mountains is becoming more mechanical, not to mention expensive.
The MO/GO pants should make any incline easier with some rather overt exoskeletal bars attached to both legs.GIF: Skip
For this pair of turbo-fied trousers, youll need to pony up $4,500 if you get in early.
Later, it will cost you a cool $5,000.
RememberSamsungs exoskeleton pants concepts?
The MO/GO is supposed to push you 40% harder, according to the company.
There wasnt a single point in that hike where I thought I could really use a wearable exoskeleton.
But no, theyre instead described as range extenders to make proficient hikers better at what they already do.
Skip says it has another, related product designed to help people living with neurological conditions in the works.
These pants promise turn you into the worlds most efficient cyborg hiker.
And anybody who meets you on the trail will know it too.
The pants are supposed to have an on-board algorithm to handle stairs or a steep incline differently.
You dont control it with an app either.
Skips founders were originally from Google.
She was originally a lead in Googles X projects, which included a few exoskeleton leg armatures.
These were mainly billed as tools toaugment workers doing manual laboror help those with mobility issues.
BloombergreportedZealand raised $6 million to spin Skip out of Googles parent company, Alphabet.
Arcteryx is hosting eight-hour, $80 rentals for the MO/GO in Canada and the western U.S.
There are some moredemostaking place on Aug. 23 and 24.
You could get even more if youre doing a less strenuous hike, and preorders come with two batteries.
Those who want to jump in early need to put down a $100 deposit.
Reservations are set to ship in December 2025.
At the very least, the MO/GO is not thepriciest consumer-grade exoskeletonweve seen.
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