New boots
I just ordered a new pair of boots for the first time in three years. That is the longest stretch I have had in between new boots since I started surveying and mostly with the same style of logger Redwings. I used to get just a little over one year out of a pair. Now I might be slowing down a bit, but I have also sort of recently adopted this fancy new satellite technology that allows me to go around a property just once instead of 5 times while traversing solo, backsighting, foresighting, and running to all of the sideshots while hoping it was a clear line of sight. I get a lot more work done in a day with a lot less effort and apparently, less wear and tear on my boots.
The inspiration for new boots came after a full day of surveying in melting snow conditions in an area known as “The Gorge” where every hill is straight up and straight down. One of my favorite white buttons is “distance to last shot” that is more helpful than you might think and it said my last shot was 53′ over and 58′ down. The lugs had worn way down on those 3 year old logger boots and I must have fallen a couple dozen times throughout the day on that slick wet snow on steep hillsides. And even though I had just spent the previous evening rubbing mink oil into the leather in front of a fire, there was enough moisture that got through to discolor my socks. I have gotten my money’s worth out of this pair.
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