Robert W Gore is the discoverer of expanded PTFE and the founder of GORE-TEX fabric. /kloc-died at home in September of 0/7 at the age of 83. The pressure of city life is also a factor that people yearn for nature. Although we can't really go outdoors in many cases, we can often see young people in the mountains shuttling through the steel forest. Naturally, outdoor elements in clothing and shoes are also quietly popular, among which Gore-Tex occupies a large proportion. However, in the 1970s before Gore-Tex fabric really appeared, no one thought that there was a kind of clothing that could be stain-resistant, waterproof and breathable, and all this was attributed to Robert W. Gore. After the successful development of Gore-Tex fabric, Gore-Tex also received the first order from outdoor athletes soon, but the real "out of the loop" of this fabric was in 1978. That year, Jim Whittaker, the world's top climber, successfully climbed to the top of the second highest mountain in the world, and this news also brought Gore-Tex into public view.