My Limmer Boot Journey - Part 3 (Care and Feeding)

My posts about my Limmer Lightweight boots have been quite popular, so I thought I'd post an update now that I have a couple hundred miles on them -  not that you would be able to tell if you looked at them.  In case you missed it, here's part 1 where I talk about what it takes to get even off-the-shelf Limmer boots, and here's part 2 where I discuss my first impressions and how I broke the rules and wore them backpacking way sooner than recommended.

MYOG Backpacking Tipi - Part 1 Design

For a while now there have been a number of things pushing me towards going to a Tipi (tepee? teepee?) for backpacking.  Normally I'm a hammock guy, and it's a great solution for trips where I'm sheltering alone.  A recent 4-person trip to the Dolly Sods Wilderness was the first thing... Four of us carried two 2+ pound shelters... not bad, but probably improved upon with an ultralight 4-person solution.  The other thing that got me thinking about it was my desire to take my kids backpacking.  Real backpacking, not car camping, which would mean lots of weight on my shoulders and no real lightweight solution to sleep more than 2 of us together.  Putting someone in their own tent without Daddy would be a non-starter at their ages, so I need a big and light shelter for the whole family.  Enter my defining MYOG project for this winter... a lightweight backpacking tepee capable of sleeping 4 adults or a few adults and a lot of kids.

Fat Pants

19 Pounds.  8 ½ Kilos.  That's the weight I've gained since my last race at the end of September.  Here I sit, January 5th watching all the fools with their silly New Year Resolutions scramble to the gym to get that treadmill.  For them this will finally be the year they get back in shape.  At least for the first 3 weeks. 

Typically I take January off to avoid these idiots.  They clog the locker rooms, the pool lanes, and even the outdoor running paths.  This year might be different.