No other shoes work for me

By acherry53400 Ranked #459 - Rock Climbing Shoes January 18, 2010

I have a very narrow foot so sportivas are basically the only company I can wear (aside from Scarpa technos for crack climbing). I've been wearing my Katanas for about 3 years, have had them resoled twice.

My two cents for the heel cup not filling issue that people have posted about is as follows:
1) if the heel doesn't fit you bought them too big, and
2) if they're "comfy" you bought them too big

Mine are still a little painful after three years and several resoles... but I would never buy them larger. I'd sacrifice waaay too much in performance.

And yes, they aren't great for smearing... but that's precisely why they work great for standing on microchips.

View Details: La Sportiva Katana Rock Vibram XS Grip2 Climbing Shoe - Women's

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