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Human Material Loop tests technology
on mountaintop
H
uman Material Loop is taking its material
innovations to one of the tallest mountain peaks
in the world.
The company is focused on the utilization of waste
keratin protein fiber (hair) to develop high-performing
products for the textile industry. In January, company
co-founder Leonardo Antonio Avezzano took prototype
gear created using the company's technology to the
Andes and Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the
world outside of the Himalayas.
" We are game changers and ready to prove it
to the world, " he said. " We are exploring different
possibilities and applications since the beginning, you
can have great lab results, but the real test of your
technology is when you put it to real-life situation. "
Avezzano and his innate passion for the outdoors
and the planet have led him around the world, from
mountains to deserts.
" There are many challenges throughout our life,
some of them you create yourself, " he said. " In this
journey you're either part of the problem or part of the
solution. For me going in these extreme environments
it's a way to find that balance with nature that it seems
to be lost. I climb to reconnect to myself, to be in
an environment where I can feel the weakness and
strengths of the human body and mind-and perhaps
to disconnect from my ego as well. "
Millions of pounds of hair from salons and
ABOVE and OPPOSITE: Human Material Loop will move mountains if
needed, but first its co-founder is going to the top of South America.
Photos: Michele Fini
barbershops end up in landfills or incinerators all
over the world. While human hair is the same keratin
protein fiber as wool, it has not yet been implemented
in the production system. Human Material Loop aims
to change that with its prototype jacket and pants filled
with waste hair collected from local hair salons and
treated to provide the best thermal protection in one
of the harshest environment in the planet.
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