Schneller Wanderschuh für dynamische Aktivitäten, geeignet für Offroad-Abenteuer, bei denen Traktion, Schutz und hohe Dämpfung erforderlich sind. Die Vibram Traction Lugs-Sohle mit Megagrip bietet erstaunlichen Grip und Dämpfung.

Alessandra und Camilla werden sie für die Wanderung zu den Mauern nutzen.

Es definiert einen neuen Standard für Mehrzweckschuhe für technisches und schnelles Bergsteigen. Mithilfe der Dynamic Fit-Technologie passt sich die Spannung der Ferse dynamisch an Ihren Schritt an. Die Vibram-Sohle bietet Stabilität und Präzision auch in den technisch anspruchsvollsten Passagen.

Der Joker zum Spielen, wenn mehr Leichtigkeit und Dynamik gefragt sind.

Leicht, wendig, präzise und äußerst komfortabel. CRODA DFS GTX ist ein Bergsteigerschuh, der sich ideal für anspruchsvolles Klettern und Trekking in gemischten Umgebungen mit Fels und Eis eignet.

Sie werden unsere Botschafter in den komplexesten Phasen des Aufstiegs unterstützen.

I set off for the last pitch, halfway up Ale shouts that it's late, to place the belay and descend. But there I turned off my brain, I wanted to get up, even if I was tired, even if it was late... in the end I see it: the precarious peg of Ulug, the route that runs alongside ours, that for us was the finish line. I place a bolt and with a heart full of joy we begin the descents to avoid the advancing darkness. At the last descent, shouts of happiness resound in the valley: Ale and I made it! I'm happy to have climbed our route, in that remote corner of the world, surrounded by immense walls that make you dream. I'm happy to have done it with Ale: being friends with a common goal meant that in times of need we were always there for each other, overcoming our limits, physical and mental. Ale and I experience the climb dreaming of these vertical, mysterious and fascinating walls. However, we are always ready to seize the opportunity for different adventures. It seems that we do everything in a chaotic and disorderly way, but after all we follow the flow and the passing of life, never ordered or schematic, but free and in continuous evolution.

We decide to climb in the early afternoon with a vague risk of rain, we have been wanting to climb for days and so, despite the risk, we go! From the start it is clear that nothing will come of it and so we hide in the cave. During dinner thunder worries us and in no time an incessant rain arrives, a bomb of water. The wall in front of us is covered with waterfalls mixed with debris. We can't do anything, getting out of there is worse. The colouir from where we had climbed has become a mousetrap, with no escape route. We patiently waited and towards late evening it stops raining leaving us with the hope of being able to complete our little dream the following day. We set off around 7.00 and climb all the pitches trying to free climb, even if with poor results for the key pitch. We open two more pitches and the objective is nearby: not the actual summit of Peak 3850 m, but a pre-summit of the mountain.

The continuation of the route turns out to be longer than expected. The following day we are still up and we manage to advance to the 4th pitch where we find a solution by traversing to the right on exposed but well-secured passages: straight ones were not possible! We bivouac on the wall in a natural cave but in the morning climbing with an upset stomach is not the best thing in life… Unfortunately we put aside the ethics of free climbing and to continue we use aid on a few points: this is also Kyrgyzstan! The third day on the wall welcomes us with uncertain weather and we prefer to go down to base camp and attempt to close the route at the first window of good weather.

After settling into this magical valley we feel ready to start our project. We start to scan all the mountains, right and left side, from the long approaches to the short ones. We glimpse a wall, hidden by a buttress in front and a waterfall. With our backpacks on, the next morning we set off full of energy. The sun is beating down hot and after about three hours we are in front of the base of the wall: here we find a line, you can't go back down and then start over again, right? We play it by chance: it's Ale's turn to start and he chooses an attack with thin cracks, very nice. I start and do the second, not difficult, it takes us to a large ledge where we decide to leave the material and go down to the base camp and then return the next day with food and bivouac material. By now the die is cast, we are concentrated and focused on our project: to live an adventure that is only ours and leave our mark on this beautiful valley.

The next morning it is already time to leave. After a long journey by jeep between military checks and continuous stops to cool the engine we reach the end of the road: beyond only on horseback. We understand that comfort is a relative concept when our “pillows” are left in the cars… The long caravan finally decides to leave for a six-hour approach through spectacular gorges and mountain landscapes. They are “our mountains", they are the reason why we are here and we can't wait to be able to climb those enormous walls that seem compact and without weak points. Arriving at the base camp we find an environment full of other climbers with whom we will share impressions, tiredness, victories and defeats: the good time of adventure has arrived.

At the first light of dawn, tired and with few hours of sleep behind us as always happens on intercontinental flights, we landed in Bishkek , the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Our driver, accompanied by a twelve year old boy, speaks only Russian, we immediately adapted to make ourselves understood with gestures and a few words of English . The journey to our guest house winds through barren deserts and villages of miserable shacks. Finally a stop, we park and stretch our legs: it's nice to breathe different air thousands of kilometers from home . We set off again with a new driver: the boy has taken the wheel confidently and happily. Ale and I look at each other in amazement but everything goes smoothly and we arrive "home" safe and sound. A kind woman welcomes us and, following Muslim customs , makes us comfortable in her house offering us one of the first Kyrgyz meals: peanuts, yogurt and vegetables, in a welcoming home, all covered with soft carpets. We are ready for tomorrow!

After days of intense preparations including packing, testing AKU footwear - and a run home for what had been forgotten - Alessandra and Camilla are finally flying towards the great Adventure in Kyrgyzstan! Ready to explore the valleys and peaks of the Asian country, pushing their AKUs to the limit.

Alessandra mit CRODA DFS GTX, dem von AKU für den Versand gelieferten Schuhwerk. CRODA DFS GTX ist ein idealer Bergsteigerschuh für anspruchsvolles Klettern und Trekking in einer gemischten Umgebung mit Fels und Eis, perfekt für die Ziele der Expedition.

Um sich auf Kirgisistan vorzubereiten, eröffnet Camilla neue Routen in den Alpen und testet den CRODA DFS GTX, den sie auf die Expedition mitbringen wird. Die CRODA DFS GTX-Sohle wurde speziell von Vibram entwickelt: Croda Litebase bietet Stabilität, Grip und Präzision auch in den technisch anspruchsvollsten Passagen und ermöglicht die Verwendung traditioneller oder halbautomatischer Steigeisen.