by Luciano136 » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:25 pm
by brokesomeribs » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:51 pm
Luciano136 wrote:I borrowed a pair of Lowa Mountain Expert GTX boots from a friend a while ago. They felt pretty comfortable, so I bought some last week and used them right away on a 9ish mile snow climb this weekend. The bottom of my right foot was a bit sore but overall, not bad at all for brand new boots.
by CClaude » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:25 pm
brandon wrote:Well, if you're regularly soloing M6 and M7, your barking up the wrong tree. Toot your horn in the right places and you're on the road to all the free boots you want. Let's see the photos!
If you really want a dedicated hard mixed boot, you most definitely want a fruit boot.
by The Chief » Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:53 pm
CClaude wrote:brandon wrote:Well, if you're regularly soloing M6 and M7, your barking up the wrong tree. Toot your horn in the right places and you're on the road to all the free boots you want. Let's see the photos!
If you really want a dedicated hard mixed boot, you most definitely want a fruit boot.
Brandon,
Come'on. It seems like everyone and their dog leads M6 nowadays so I wouldn't call it hard. Now in my book real M7 is getting hard, and soloing is a different story.
by MScholes » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:34 pm
by Luciano136 » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:18 pm
brokesomeribs wrote:Luciano136 wrote:I borrowed a pair of Lowa Mountain Expert GTX boots from a friend a while ago. They felt pretty comfortable, so I bought some last week and used them right away on a 9ish mile snow climb this weekend. The bottom of my right foot was a bit sore but overall, not bad at all for brand new boots.
There couldn't be a greater disparity between a 9 mile snow slog and soloing hard mixed lines.
by CClaude » Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:23 pm
The Chief wrote:CClaude wrote:brandon wrote:Well, if you're regularly soloing M6 and M7, your barking up the wrong tree. Toot your horn in the right places and you're on the road to all the free boots you want. Let's see the photos!
If you really want a dedicated hard mixed boot, you most definitely want a fruit boot.
Brandon,
Come'on. It seems like everyone and their dog leads M6 nowadays so I wouldn't call it hard. Now in my book real M7 is getting hard, and soloing is a different story.
Really?
Have to agree with Brandon... let's see some pic's to back that up!!!!
M5/M6 can be some wicked hard stuff in my neck of the woods. Of course that is because it isn't all bolted up every two feet. It is completely void of any bolts, is all TRAD, committing and very spicey!!!!
MSCHOLES... I do remember that your neck of the Ice World has some awesome short Mixed stuff. Thus, I have to agree with the Fruit Boot recommendation. I do not own any as the lack of Sport Mixed stuff around here, does not warrant any.
by CClaude » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:59 pm
dps wrote: I just don't see many people leading that grade, so I think it a poor justification for not calling M6 "hard". Many it's just the sheer number of ice climbers that Colorado draws in?
I think that the rising technical standards on the bigger ranges combined with lots more climbers (especially talented rock climbers) trying out bolted mixed climbing has rapidly pushed the M grades, including what people consider "hard".
by CClaude » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:05 pm
dps wrote:Yeah, we are.
I'm just confused how the dogs get tools and crampon to stay in their paws???
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