OK - day 2.
Did about 14 miles (I think a litle more but no GPS to verify). Wore the boots - the same socks (ullfrotte - more on these later) and a 45lb pack - yup, I wussed out and had to go lighter for this hump. The route was through gravel, rocky washes, dirt, rock and snow. The elevation gain was 2,694 feet with a peak of 7,094 feet above sea level.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ittle-walk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...great-gear.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ose-enough.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nowy-trail.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/top-sign.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g-way-down.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/Altitude.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hat-a-view.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...per-Zulu-2.jpg
Our goal
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...final-peak.jpg
Check this closeup - so close yet so far away. Footprints should help give an idea of the scale
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ak-closeup.jpg
AND - the boots after getting off the mountain and back to the hotel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...walk-boots.jpg
Again - not a pinch, rub or hotspot. The boots felt great the entire way - up and down the mountain. Excellent anke support without compromising the abbility to clime extremly steep piches. Scaled some big rocks and I felt like a damn billygoat with these on. Would not want to wear any other boots than these.
Oh yeah - I used to make fun of hikers that used those ski pole looking hiking sticks - not any more. Those things are the HEAT!!!!!
Dan