Gary Rolfe – Hanwag footwear

Gary Rolfe – Hanwag footwear
I’m a professional dog musher. I live and work with my 17 dogs. Home is in Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland. It is
the remotest inhabited place in the western world, home for 500 people and over 500 working Greenland
Dogs. By remote I mean 500 miles from the nearest community.
My house is my permanent base-camp where everything revolves around the well-being of my dogs. From
here journeys are spawned, prepared and trained for.
October to July is my snow season. Sometimes for
three months I’m never home. I average working
2,000 journey miles every year running 12 to 14
dogs in a team, sometimes pulling half ton payloads
in brutal cold. In summer I travel on foot the way
ancient Inuit travelled throughout their Arctic
summers crossing rivers and tundra with dogs. My
pack contains supplies and the dogs carry their own
food.
Summer warmth never arrives, despite 70 days of perpetual daylight and it is a very difficult time of year to
pack for.
I wear Hanwag Alaska Top boots because:
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I have been known to pack and carry 120 lb on my back for hundreds of miles. When I do, I
need stability and sure footing for major river crossings, else one slip and I’d be swimming.
Hanwag boots with their Vibram soles give me that sure footing;
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The boot leather, boot lining and lace fittings are as tough as the terrain I walk over;
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The boot last construction makes for superb fitting and comfort;
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So what? People looking to buy Hanwag footwear might not want to do what I do but they can
rest assured that they’ll have purchased top-notch footwear capable of outdoing anything
they might want to take on themselves. I work in extremely isolated wilderness locations. The
terrain I cross is very dangerous and the wildlife has a tendency to eat people;
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It doesn’t take an egghead to work out I have a severe eye for quality. Over the years I have
worn out vast amounts of outdoor equipment in some, how can I put it, very difficult
circumstances. Hanwag, to me, appear to be a company interested in raising the bar for
adventure footwear. The attention to detail in boot design and the materials used proves it;
Get your boots on and tell them where to go.