Robotic exoskeleton for mountain hiking

[Sanbu]

Get in on the ground floor now! 1.8 to 2.4 kg (four to five and a half pounds). $2,300. Price sure to come down in future. Rentals much less.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/robotic-exoskeleton-hiking-china-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[KRooney]

Get in on the ground floor now! 1.8 to 2.4 kg (four to five and a half pounds). $2,300. Price sure to come down in future. Rentals much less.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/robotic-exoskeleton-hiking-china-intl-hnk/index.html

A clever device. Do the stairs go all the way to the top?

 

[Sanbu]

Yes, China is big on stairways up to religious sites, mountain tops and tourist venues. Check out crowds mobbing the top in the article. Paved paths and stone stairs are China's solution to "loving the outdoors to death". Great Wall of China, longest stairway on earth.

 

[NH2112]

“The experience is definitely easier,” he said about climbing with the device on. “But once I took it off, I felt a bit clumsy walking (on my own).”

The 29-year-old said he felt like a “puppet” with the machine doing all the work but once he got used to not exerting himself, it was “really tiring” after he removed the exoskeleton and went back to climbing of his own power.

You don’t say!

 

[helmethiker]

ebiking extended to ehiking. I will wait until my lack of speed takes away all the joy of hiking or biking using just my body.