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Julbo Trail Sunglasses: RIP

7/16/2013

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I'm not a sunglasses person. Some combination of living in the east, recreating on trails under the canopy, disliking the way they feel on my head, and fogging them up whenever I go hard (especially in the winter) has kept me from using them in the mountains. While climbing in college I replied, when asked why I never wore sunglasses, "sunglasses are bull$#!%: just look away." My friends still remember that quote fondly.

And then, last summer, I starting running roads. All of a sudden I found out why so many runners, hikers, and skiers use sunglasses nearly every time they go out. I bought a pair of Julbo Trails and my perception of sunglasses was completely changed. They're light so I hardly feel them on my head. The lenses are photochromic--they get lighter or darker depending on how bright it is--so they aren't too dark when I'm in the shade. They don't fog up, even when I'm skiing uphill as hard as I can. And they're tough: I don't feel like I'm going to break them if I stick them in my pack or they get yanked off by a tree branch. Now I wear them running, hiking and skiing. Hopefully that means there's hope that I'll still be able to see when I'm 45.

Yesterday my Julbo Trails passed on. I left them on a footbridge while swimming after a run and forgot to get them when I left. I went back today and they were gone. I can only hope that some hiker found them and will get as much satisfaction out of them as I did. Needless to say, I'll be buying another pair. Too bad they don't come in white!

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Derrick
7/16/2013 10:17:54 am

Gerat sunglasses...agree 100%. The Trails came in white a few years ago as that was the first colour of them that I had.

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