Scarpa Phantom 6000

Straight out of the box I wore the Phantom 6000 for the trek over to Shelter Stone which turned out to be disappointingly black. After an abortive couple of pitches up Western Union we made the most of the day by a bit of a hike checking out possible future hits. So with the best part of 18kms done on their first outing I had zero blisters or discomfort barring a slight rubbing on my fat calves where my old sock came up a bit short of the gaiter top. The following couple of days I got used to the feel of the boots on technical ground and to be honest after a couple of pitches I forgot about their increased bulk (it’s pretty minimal anyway) and had no problems on short section of tech 7 ground.