Outta the deep freeze and into some new hightops

After two weeks without some real rock I feel like jumping out of my skin...fortunately the temps have become better in the last few days and by this weekend things should be climbable across much of the lower eastside of the Boulder Batholith...first session to the Benchlands may even be order.

Earlier this week, Conrad stopped by the office and gifted me one of the coolest pairs of hightops I've ever seen. In the mid-90s Koflach made a prototype rock boot to go inside their alpine boots...while the combo idea didn't pan out, the resulting hightop is pretty badass.



Here's a comparison to the Mega



I'm pretty psyched on giving them a go...quite the armor for the ankle and shin. Thanks again Conrad!


On a side note, if you're in Bozeman tomorrow evening (Friday the 3rd), stop by the Filling Station and check out the Archers Mob/MOTH show...Gonna be an audio/visual extravaganza

Cheers!

A Saturday in the Isos

Headed out on Saturday with Jesse to go climb and explore some more in the Isolated Boulders...A good day but I spaced the memory card. A few new problems, a couple good new potentials, and a 'project' that will surely go next time...all in all a good day out exploring and getting the Isos dialed back in...


Some new 'improvements' at the Burned-out Stove Boulder...

The weather looks a bit sketchy for the weekend...but it may turn out decent for exploring...sometimes you just gotta go out and look...

Cheers!

Just another Autumn photo post--Mom and Son

Some shots of Molly and Ladd on the stone just off of the beginning of the CDT (Homestake tracks):











The uber-thin diagonal cracks in the last pic are untouched as of yet...