What a delight for edging, hooking, and back-hung climbing

By Fool4Gear Ranked #315 - Climbing Shoes June 5, 2009

When I got these shoes, problems I'd been working on for weeks because I couldn't hold an edge or keep a toe on all went, one by one- and problems I'd been too intimidated to start became my new problems. If I could have just one pair of gym/sport/comp shoes, these might be the pair- they simply stick on the little edges with power to spare and the heel cup is bomber.

The concave toe (with a thin sole between the raised rubber bits) does stretch a bit and make this shoe smear tolerably, but I found that those inner edges would sometimes catch, or (while foot-jamming in cracks) roll that edge inside out and deform the thin sole between the built-up edges- leading to the early demise of an otherwise outstanding shoe.

If you're looking for a comp/gym/bouldering shoe, these perform amazingly well (especially for their price).
I found them a bit uncomfortable for multi-pitch climbing, and entirely too fragile for jamming. Stay on those edges.

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