Skip and Arc’teryx built a futuristic exoskeleton. Here’s what it’s like to walk in it

Once a secretive Google X project, the startup Skip is debuting an exoskeleton designed for hiking, alongside outdoor gear legend Arc’teryx.

It’s roughly 90 degrees with 90% humidity, the sort of Midwestern summer day that turns the cornfields into a jungle. I’ve just climbed up and down nearly 1,000 stairs at a local park, and yet, I’m barely sweating.