Although most people will find it peculiar that I wear Converse All-Stars on a rugged walk-in like the one into the Colorado Valley, these shoes are not so bad after all. When arriving in Base Camp below Aconcagua then, I was greeted by other expeditionists for being the first guy they have seen doing the walk-in in just a pair of All-Stars. So naturally I felt they could cope with one more walk-in.

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