University of Montana students Carly Dahms, left, and Nate Barton sit in their basement workshop where they make eco-friendly climbing chalk bags on Friday. Dahms and Barton started Beta Sprayer, their first ever company, over winter break in order to use their sewing skills to make a sustainable product for rock climbers around Missoula.Antonio Ibarra / Montana Kaimin
UM students Nate Barton and Carly Dahms sit huddled in the corner near the heater of Bartonâs basement, dripping with sweat.Â
âIt gets hot, it gets really hot,â Dahms said, laughing.
They have spent the last 35 minutes creating another chalk bag for the company they co-founded, Beta Sprayer.