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By the outdoors are fun and stuff Ranked #110 - Climbing Shoes March 15, 2011

wear a 48 mountaineering boot, got a 44 in these. Pretty comfortable considering how tight they are. After I got these I started doing more v4s for the first time. Not sure I can fully credit the shoes as practice, etc. helps, but they didn't seem to hurt. i'm not the greatest climber but these remind me to try and be precise...not only because they are so aggressive and precise, but because they are sensitive - you can damage them unless you have nice and quiet feet.

getting the muira xs grip velcro as a second shoe to trade off with these. they are much stiffer than the solutions, but the solutions fit my foot like a glove. hoping the muira's are a bit more forgiving when my feet aren't perfect.

came from an evolv evo synthetic which I liked, but I wanted a shoe that the ladies at the gym would look at and think I'm a good climber, then when they saw me climbing at my limit (10c) I would just tell them I was taking it easy. Oh yeah and synthetic shoes smell like sh1t so it's nice to be in leathers now.

View Details: La Sportiva Solution Vibram XS Grip2 Climbing Shoe

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