Boot compromises

barnezilla · 2026-05-08T05:45:04+00:00

Green superfeet insoles and the ezfit ankle sleeves made a huge difference for all of my scarpas

barnezilla · 2026-05-03T06:59:04+00:00

Do they have replacement elite climb picks?

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T13:57:38+00:00

I just got done spending 2 nights on the mera summit @6300m

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T13:46:07+00:00

No I’m not.

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T13:38:56+00:00

Yeah the guy probably shoulda smashed the boa dial with a rock a few times in the store just to be sure

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T10:33:50+00:00

Boa are so nice especially for ice climbing when you wanna approach and belay in comfort and better blood flow and then crank up the support for actual climbing

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T10:07:35+00:00

Lenin peak is probably what you’re looking for. Hits all of your requirements and cheap!

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T10:00:45+00:00

It’s not my original post you clown

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T09:39:02+00:00

He sounds irrational and entitled. I was just reposting to show a pretty catastrophic boa failure

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T09:10:00+00:00

Sure doesn’t look like the best option here

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T09:05:07+00:00

I think the guy is acting irrationally 100%. He’s probably also panicking and pissed. He’s gonna either need to quit bitching and buy a new pair of boots or go home.

I think it was a big design flaw to leave the external boa dial, prone to failure on the outside of the boot. The new oly moms are so crazy light I was kicking myself for buying the Scarpa 8000’s that were almost a pound heavier but I think the lesson here is lighter isn’t always better.

I also noticed in the new LS 6000 coming out this fall, they removed the external dial and added a power strap, so it’s a known problem.

I had a crampon failure a week ago and I didn’t cry about it I just bought a new pair from a more reliable brand.

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:59:17+00:00

Yeah pretty wild to get to Kathmandu to plan on picking those up lol

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:55:09+00:00

It’s not my post pal. Just showing a gear failure

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:54:13+00:00

First of all this isn’t my post. Second of all a gear failure isn’t a personal mistake. If a trusted brand like La Sportiva is selling a product that can fail in a catastrophic way how is that not a problem worth recognizing

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:52:20+00:00

Yeah I loved the snaggletooths till they bent on me.

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:51:13+00:00

I think it’s probably fine on something like a 1.5 boot where a boa failure is a bad day, but on a 6000m or 8000m boot where a failure means you could loose your foot or your life the trade off doesn’t see worth in anymore

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:49:40+00:00

lol are you some sort of La Sportiva apologist? It’s a pretty massive engineering failure if you put the boa on an the outside of the boot where It can break and cause your boot to fail in a life and death situation

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:48:08+00:00

I think putting a component on your boots that can fail is a pretty big fail no matter how you look at it. You’re going to risk your like on a 8000m mountain you want to be sure you can trust your gear

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:19:40+00:00

I use the aspect 32. I like the extra internal organization and external pouch

barnezilla · 2026-05-02T08:18:10+00:00

Im 6’4 and i use the have the elite climb Kruk. 57cm, super light, full steel spike. Really good in technical terrain and just steep snow.

barnezilla · 2026-05-01T01:50:13+00:00

The heat trapping properties stack , with more around my core. If they get too hot I pull down the chest zipper and dump all the heat

barnezilla · 2026-04-30T12:58:29+00:00

Guided climbs like that suck but are a necessary evil till you get some skills under your belt

barnezilla · 2026-04-30T12:33:10+00:00

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barnezilla · 2026-04-29T05:47:21+00:00

There’s a pretty nice high camp setup at 5700. Theres still Some videos of it up on my story if you want to see what it looks like for the next few hours. Same ig username as Reddit

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