Scarpa Techno Lady Climbing Shoe - Women's - 2008 BCS

i have some in the guys, and i feel like i can catch an edge fairly easy. great quality. and they look rad too.

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 :)

great for more advanced climbers & women with a more narrow foot. if you are a beginner or have a wider foot, i would steer clear of these and go for the la sportiva mythos. i recommend going to a sporting store & trying climbing shoes on before purchasing on the internet so you can figure out a size & brand that's right for you.

I love these shoes. I will have to admit they were a little stiff when I first got them but they break in quickly. Now my shoes feel like an extra pair of skin when I wear them climbing - I don't notice they're on my feet. These are the most comfortable shoes now.

I also like the fact that Scarpa makes a shoe to fit very narrow heels and narrow, flat feet. I've tried on many other climbing shoes for women that were rated high and they all were big on my feet - wide in the foot and in the heel. I would try other shoes on and tie them as tight as I could and the heel would flop and I could simply pull them off my feet without any difficulties. If I tried this with my pair of Scarpa Techno Lady shoes, I would simply not get them off. Even when I loosen the shoe laces and pull my foot out, I can hear the suction break.

I would recommend these shoes to those who have very narrow heels and narrow feet.

I agree with everyone else that they are a bit on the narrow side, but they break in pretty fast. Now that they are broken in I don't even notice them.

I do not own a pair of these, but did try them on recently. Clearly I can't comment on the performance but I have valuable input on the fit.

These are for NARROW feet. Also, I believe you shouldn't size down much from your street shoe size; I tried on a 39, whereas I often wear 38s in other brands of climbing shoes, and the 39 almost felt small.

These are my second pair of climbing shoes. I got rid of the first pair because the heel cup was too big and my foot would move around, causing some pretty painful blisters. I'd been eying the La Sportiva Mythos for a while, but after trying them on, I realized that I need to lace them up as tight as possible for them to be narrow enough. And that's before stretching. These shoes hug my feet like a second (super sticky!) skin.

These are a great all-around shoe, especially for us ladies with narrow feet. I wear a size 10 normally and bought size 41.

My first shoes, they were a good beginner shoe but not so good for small footholds, I like the way they smear, I got them a little too big but I could synch them tight after my foot warmed up. I am going to try the 5.10 Anasazi LV next, hopefully they will not disappoint.

These are my first pair of Scarpa shoes, and they are really growing on me. I wear a size 6 in street shoes and got a 5 3/4 in these. They do need break-in time, but being unlined leather, that seems to be going okay. The bones at the base of my pinkie toes are very large, so although I don't have wide feet, I have trouble if I get shoes that are too narrow in the forefoot. These are a bit ouchie in the front, but they are breaking in more every time I climb. I've only used them in the gym so far (way too hot to climb outside in Texas in August), but I'm pleased with the performance of the rubber, and haven't had any trouble edging on the "naturals" on the gym's concrete walls. I climb in the gym 3 days a week and am working low 10s, if that helps. I have a feeling they will be a fantastic pair of shoes once broken in. Pretty happy so far.