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So today I went to LA Boulders for the kickoff of the Los Angeles Touchstone climbing series. Basically, the way the comp works is it's an open free for all scored on the honor system, ie first attempt = higher points than the subsequent attempts afterward all done on a scorecard. It's a really great way to get a bunch of people on a bunch of climbs and have it go all day without much logistics. Anyway today I climbed in the Roy's which gave me a bit of trouble (thigh is a bit snug) but all in all, I was fairly happy with my performance, flashed a couple v5's and finally managed, not one but two v6 problems.

 

^just started to get back into it in the last 6 months and spend most of my time in the gym bouldering. I'll be competing in a comp today so I'll post up some pics of that.

in the mean time here are the Roy's with my big E jacket and Contax:

Screw it, I'm in! Size 29, 76cm inseam, no suspender buttons. My wife will hate the wide fit but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

edit for cm's

You don't eat vegetables? 

Last up I took the time Sunday to spend some time in the bouldering gym. I headed in early to see if I could beat the crowds but being Memorial Day there were a ton of people there. The Roy's did fairly well but I'm used to the much wider thigh of my Tenders, or my stretchy climbing pants, so I felt a bit restricted. 

On Sunday we got the chance to get out of the city to Switzer Falls up in the San Gabrial Mountains. Switzer is about a 25min drive away from our house in Silver Lake and it could almost be a world away from the massive city of Los Angeles:

It's a really long drop.....

Made a friend! Was really surprised how close I was able to get to this little guy.

Alright, guys time for an update after the long weekend.

I started my weekend Friday night with a few friends in from Berlin, but sadly I have nothing to show from that (a bit too many beers). 

Anyway, Saturday started out with a BIG breakfast to fight away a massive hangover. We went to a local dinner in Echo Park called Bright Spot, where I ate this a massive breakfast quesadilla and ~5 cups of coffee.

Next up my wife and I felt like a hair of the dog so we headed out to Highland Park to grab a beer and do a bit of furniture shopping. We went to a nice beer bar called Block Party, where we sat out on the porch enjoying the sun and a bit of relief from our hangovers.

 

Next up we walked a bit down the street to go check out some furniture at a place called The Hunt, sadly nothing was purchased 

 

After The Hunt we went to Col-Lab gallery to check out the tail end of an art show they were putting on. Sadly most of the art had been purchased and pulled from the wall but they had these great birthday cards based on famous serial killers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have not really paid attention but I usually dry them when we have sheets and towels to dry so it's probably at a pretty high temp. Also in the beginning I washed them on the hottest my machine would go.

I guess the magic is the dryer, it does wonders for the crinkles on the 60's and no leather patch to worry about getting puckered and destroyed.

ikea mirror selfie

Velva Sheen

Roy world tour jeans

Keds

 

I feel the same way about the 60's, they can pretty much take anything and love a vigorous wash and tumble dry. For me there is no real fade magic, just beat the hell out of them and wash them.

Edit to add fades:

Lol, that is totally doable 

Hey guys, sorry for the delay, I've had some camera issues the last few days (both phone and real camera) anyway I have a small update, that I thought some of you might find interesting. I currently work in Tech in the electric car space. I'm working on Product for our cars and doing a bit of vehicle hacking to get them to do things from our backend rather than from inside the car (honk, send alerts, etc.). Anyway I've been working with a Raspberry Pi setup to get most of the data off the cars ECU (car brain) through the CANbus (networked components) and I think it's super fun and cool, so bare with me while I show you guys what I'm doing  .

Here is a Raspberry PI with an extra CAN controller on top of it that I cooked up. Basically what this does is pull the raw data off of the car and dumps it into a file so I can see what the car is doing at any given time (ignition, accelerator, radio, etc.) this is all proprietary to the vehicle manufacturer so it is a bit of trial and error to figure out what does what but once you do, you can pretty much make the car do that command by typing in the code and sending it through the CAN. What I'm looking for is fairly innocuous but if someone was really industrious they could do stuff like kill the breaks remotely.... 

Here is the basic data stream coming from the car. Each one of those lines of code is a function taking place in the vehicle, not super exciting but the potential here is pretty crazy... 

Anyway sorry to bore all of you with a super technical post, I promise to have a more Los Angeles centric, visually appealing post this weekend. 

In the meantime here is a shot of the pants from today:

 

So here is the fit, sorry for the weird lighting:

I pretty much love the way these fit, they are the perfect compromise with a generous top block and a decent taper. The construction on them is like nothing else I have in my closet and I can't help but echo Chicote with finally getting the allure of a pair of Roy's. My one gripe is the fabric is a bit plain and regular but it is also in that awkward phase right before it really comes alive, so I'll make my final judgment at the end of the tour.

Now on to where these are going. I'm heading up to SF for work tomorrow (Fly in and out the same day  ) so I'll snap some pics of what I'm doing. My Mom comes into town Friday afternoon so I'm sure we will be doing the tourist deal so I'll try to get as much of it documented as possible, gonna try and stay as far away from the Hollywood strip as possible but I might be convinced to head down there. Next up is Memorial Day, my wife and I have a 3 day weekend so I'm hoping to get out to Joshua Tree or down the coast to Laguna Beach for some beach days! Other than that, these will probably see the inside of a bouldering gym more than once and possibly a crag or two out in the wilds.

More too come.... 

The Roy's are waiting for me on my doorstep! Counting down the minutes until I can get out of work.

Chicote sent them out yesterday and they should be here in Los Angeles by Monday. I'm excited to get my legs in them and show you all a bit of LA.

I can take them next if everyone is cool with that. Keep them on the west coast...?

Hey heavydoom, not sure what the question is?

as for streaks and creases from the spin cycle. That has not happened to my 60's but I find that anything with more substantial weight will get those.  So for heavier denim, I pull them out before the spin, wrap them in a towel to get most of the water out, then either hang dry or machine dry them.

Thanks!

 

I don't have a dryer at home but anytime we do sheets and towels we head over to our local laundry mat and I usually bring my 60's with me. Also, I generally don't care what the temperature of the water is when washing, so I'm pretty sure these have been subject to some pretty hot washes.

Apologies for the mirror selfie but these 60's are really starting to come into their own.

 

I'll second the thigh issue again. I feel like those pants shrank significantly between my first leg and second...

I've worn these 129 wattles for about a month and they are already starting to fade, not a bad thing I've just always heard Tender is stubborn as hell. They do get washed pretty often since I mainly use them for bouldering and more casual days at the office.

I'd be down for them after Ian, that way we can continue our streak of sending each other tour jeans!