Miura-beater

By Niall MacRae Ranked #652 - Climbing Shoes June 24, 2009

This is my new favorite shoe. I've worn the Mad Rock Flash for the gym, Scarpa Spectros outside, and Five Ten V10s for overhanging boulders -- but I'm pretty much wearing these for everything now. I have a wide, flat forefoot and feet that are lower volume in general. The Scarpas and V10s are bone-crunching in one direction or the other with slop in the other direction. The Verdes are perfect. The redesigned "Magic Fingers" heel is a big improvement over the older Anasazi design and the huge amount of lace adjustment you can make means these are very easy to find the perfect dialed in adjustment. And the rubber is a minor miracle -- sticky but really durable--smears soft, edges stiff, sensitive at all times. These are meant to be a little more of an edging shoe than the Velcros and they work like stink for that and almost everything else. I take these over my Spectros, I'd take them over Miuras and Katanas. I'm back to Five Ten with these babies. Excellent, precise and comfortable all-rounder lace-up with world-beater rubber that will rock your long, lower-volume foot silly. Meaty details: Street shoe 11.5, Anasazi Verde 10.5, medium width foot, longish toes. I would buy a half size up if wanted to use them for long trad routes, rather than for sport climbing and bouldering.

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