Great mythos substitute

rainyday

Member since  Jan 29, 2011

Posted on March 5, 2011

I've always really liked the La Sportiva Mythos - I've had about 5 pairs of 'em - but I was always really disappointed by how they held up. One week of thin crack climbing would blow out the leather where the shoes are laced, making the shoe worn out before you even got a chance to resole them.

I bought these as a potential replacement, and I've been really happy with them. The toe is really low profile, which makes them great in cracks, but they have a much more durable lacing system than the Mythos. They also stretched a lot less - I wear a size 7 street shoe and I bought a 37 in these, which felt about right.

The rubber is not as nice as the 5.10 rubber, but I guess you can't have it all :)