Training. Wednesday marks the last day of classroom training for the Forest Service. So far the training has been a crash course in wildfire safety, theory, communication and technique among other things. The forest service places a lot of emphasis on safety since the risks are high. Mostly we just run faster then the wind then hide.

We got our boots today. My guess is that they cost around $200-250. Custom made all leather, Kevlar laces and a nice 3-inch heel. No steel toe since that would get really toasty standing on hot embers and coals. If you want to imagine the fit... they feel like your standing on the rungs of a ladder. The high heel is in place so that one can stand better on an incline for extended periods of time. To break them in I soaked them in warm water then walked three miles. Resulting in some hot spots.