50s ~ 60s DANNER MOUNTAIN TRAIL and Mt. Fuji

Hello everyone.

This is the Danner Mountain Trail, the predecessor to the Mountain Light, which I got in a tattered state before and somehow managed to revive.

Then I climbed Mt. Fuji and it got tattered again.

On the way back, at the 8th station.

The day before, it rained heavily, and since it's leather, I returned completely soaked.

When it dried, the leather was even more damaged.

From there, after wiping the whole thing with a wet towel, brushing, and adding oil, it returned to the state in the first image.

Lots of scratches. Sorry, Danner.

It's probably a very early Mountain Trail.

At first, even though it has the three-tier Vibram logo, I thought it wouldn't be as old as the 50s-60s and casually assumed it was from the 60s-70s, but now there's a strong possibility it's from the 60s.

MOUNTAIN TRAIL 55TH | Danner | Danner Official Site

https://jp.danner.com/topics/mountain-trail-55th.html

It says it was born in 1961, so its existence dates back to the 60s~.

I also polished the metal parts with Pikaru, but I'm still not satisfied.

Next, either replace the laces, or keep the original laces as they are, cleanly finish the ends by burning them with a lighter, and continue using them...

And photos of Mt. Fuji.

Around the 5th or 6th station?

On the way to the mountain hut at the 8th station, we were caught in a downpour, and the next day when the sun rose, everyone put their wet belongings outside.

All my change of clothes got wet too, so I wore them to dry. We were saved by the weather the next day, but we could have died if it had been worse.

From the mountain hut at the 8th station at night.

It was a valuable experience in my life. And thank you to everyone who helped me.

Also, what I thought was amazing about Mt. Fuji was that I had full cell phone reception everywhere, amazing. More like the cell phone companies than Mt. Fuji itself.

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But getting back to the topic, what makes me doubt if it's a Mountain Trail is that the top two eyelets for the laces are not hooks.

Was it manufactured in the 50s as a predecessor model to the Mountain Trail?

I can't find the same item even after searching, so the truth remains a mystery.