DPS Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Are plastic boots with Intuition liners and thinulate insulated supergaitors warm enough for Denali in June? Should I get overboots as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 DPS, Don't you know the answer to this question already? Is this a: Cuz I thought you had been to AK & Denali a bunch o' times? In any case, I know a guy who wore plastic boots with regular stock liners without overboots and they were fine, but June 2002 was a pretty warm climbing season I think. I wore Everest One Sports (old crappy ones) and while they climbed like shit on the steep stuff and I wouldn't wear them again, they were plenty warm enough. I put chemical heat packs under my toes on summit day though. Both of my partners had intuition liners and one used insulated overboots. Niether complained of cold feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Martin Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Dan, I wouldn't go without overboots. Even if you don't wear them, they definately give you some space to fall back on. If you're going to do anything other than the Butt, make sure that your intuition liners fit into your boots really well. Sometimes your feet can be sloppy in those things which makes real climbing difficult. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 No, this is not a troll. I have been to Alaska a couple of times, (Hunter, Barille, Dickey, Mooses' Tooth) but never the big hill. Just not sure what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamaker Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I would go w/ insulated super-gaitors *or* over boots. I also brought thin gaitors for lower down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_arrow Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 dan - that is the system i have used up there. i size up a size for the buttress though - for comfort. with insulated super gaitors and intuition you should be set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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