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DOUBLE BOOT [1 record]

Record 1 1993-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

True double boots have one or more pairs of removable inner boots, which are worn inside heavy outer ones and which can be worn separately in the tent.

CONT

The heaviest of all ... are the double boots worn by high-altitude climbers or technical climbers under winter conditions.

OBS

From an illustration found in «Climbing: A Guide to Mountaineering», 1977, p. 32, one can see that a double boot consists of an outer boot and an inner one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
OBS

Comprend 2 parties principales : a) la coque, b) le chausson.

OBS

Cette chaussure, dont on se sert pour la haute montagne, l'alpinisme et la course glaciaire, est utilisée dans les temps froids. Elle est composée d'une semelle, d'une tige, d'un sabot et d'un capot, et peut être utilisée avec un ou plusieurs chaussons amovibles.

OBS

D'après les illustrations contenues dans «Au vieux campeur», été 1990, pp. 268-269, on peut voir en quoi consiste une chaussure double.

OBS

Le terme «chaussure double» a été proposé par «La Cordée» de Montréal.

Spanish

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