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climbingtrash
Jul 23, 2011, 3:00 AM
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sungam wrote: guernica wrote: Thanks for all the input advice and feedback. It wasn't my intentions to buy a super highend super technical shoe I tried every model that they had on and picked the ones that I liked the fit of and went with them G Yes, YES! Finally someone did it right! You, sir, restore my faith in huge-manitee.
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climbingtrash
Jul 23, 2011, 3:02 AM
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Didn't have to buy a new pair of shoez to walk into that PTFTW.^^
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Kartessa
Jul 25, 2011, 2:35 AM
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Learner wrote: carabiner96 wrote: guernica wrote: sungam wrote: guernica wrote: Thanks for all the input advice and feedback. It wasn't my intentions to buy a super highend super technical shoe I tried every model that they had on and picked the ones that I liked the fit of and went with them G Yes, YES! Finally someone did it right! You, sir, restore my faith in huge-manitee. haha thanks man when it comes to footwear for a specific purpose I have got to be comfortable in them. If a $20 pair of what ever feels better to me than a $200 pair then i'm going with the $20 pair and vice versa G If you pay more than $100 for climbing shoes, yore doing it rong. With that attitude you can get very comfortable. Because you will continue to climb in the 5.6-5.8 range. Like it or not, once you are attempting certain grades, your shoes can become a limiting factor.
Yore Rong
Good climbers can climb good in shit shoes. Fact.
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Kartessa
Jul 25, 2011, 2:38 AM
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You kinda strike me as a meat-head who tries anything once and is instantly an expert.
Say it isn't so.
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Learner
Jul 25, 2011, 2:59 AM
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Kartessa wrote: You kinda strike me as a meat-head who tries anything once and is instantly an expert. Say it isn't so.
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asiaclimber
Dec 19, 2011, 10:23 PM
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Learner wrote: carabiner96 wrote: guernica wrote: sungam wrote: guernica wrote: Thanks for all the input advice and feedback. It wasn't my intentions to buy a super highend super technical shoe I tried every model that they had on and picked the ones that I liked the fit of and went with them G Yes, YES! Finally someone did it right! You, sir, restore my faith in huge-manitee. haha thanks man when it comes to footwear for a specific purpose I have got to be comfortable in them. If a $20 pair of what ever feels better to me than a $200 pair then i'm going with the $20 pair and vice versa G If you pay more than $100 for climbing shoes, yore doing it rong. With that attitude you can get very comfortable. Because you will continue to climb in the 5.6-5.8 range. Like it or not, once you are attempting certain grades, your shoes can become a limiting factor.
I just can't agree with your statement here. I recently decided to wear more comfortable shoes and have climbed all of my hardest routes upto and including 13.C in a pair of flat foot sized pair of mythos and did not find any limiting factor with for all intents and purposes the most basic of shoe you can possibly buy. If anything I find myself enjoying climbing more because my feet are not in pain anymore
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GeckoBat
Dec 21, 2011, 11:07 PM
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At the end of the day, all I do is take a clean damp cloth (warm water) and wipe down the rubber. I must be doing something right because I've still got some pairs that are several years old and they still have a good "stick" to them. I'm always open to suggestions though so if anyone has any other info, please pass it on...
BTW, +1 on the "leave them out to dry well" advice...
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