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bart
May 4, 2002, 11:16 AM
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Anyone heard of the 5.10 Prism? It is a new shape of climbing shoes: the rubber sole angular instead of rounded. They say it fits the feet better and gives more friction on edges and corners.
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bart
May 5, 2002, 8:52 PM
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Does this mean that nobody knows anything about this new climbing shoe shape or that nobody has seen this topic yet?
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bart
May 6, 2002, 9:18 PM
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Just bringing this up once more... By the way, does anyone know how a topic like this one (that nobody answered and that has already been disappeared from the most recent messages on the homepage) can be 'brought under attention' back again (without just giving some silly replies as I am doing)?
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dontneedfeet
May 6, 2002, 9:32 PM
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I've heard of them, but know nothing more than what you've described...sorry.
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bcmtngrrrl
May 6, 2002, 9:58 PM
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I've got a pair of the 5.10 black diamond. Possibly the girly version of the same. So far they've been unbeliveably comfortable. But I've read an article on them, saying they get sloppy quick. I have noticed they aren't as precise as my other pair of 5.10's. But for the longer multipitches I'll sacrifice that for a little bit of comfort.
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crackhabit
May 6, 2002, 11:16 PM
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i just checked the 5.10 site (www.fiveten.com). i did not see anything that matched what you are describing. could you provide a link?
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bart
May 7, 2002, 6:15 PM
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That's just the problem: I don't find anything about it on the internet (I heard it and saw drawings of the new shoes on an evening of my climbing club about new products). I don't think the 5.10-website is up to date either. But as I said, I haven't even found those drawings on the web. Sorry... (But if you didn't understand my explanation about the new shape, you can always ask me)
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May 9, 2002, 9:19 AM
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yeah i have seen a picture of the prism quite sometime ago in a magazine over here in the uk...i have also posted in the forum regarding it..but seemed like no one knew about it..
anyway the mag said that it will be launched soon..but no news at all at five ten..the idea has probably been scrapped?
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bart
May 9, 2002, 1:01 PM
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At the information evening about new products, they said that it was intended for this year, but that it would be for next year (it was already patented). I don't understand why they don't come out with it or make some publicity.
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climbingaddict
May 10, 2002, 1:18 PM
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hey bart,
how does the prism looks like... I'm stuck in Saudi Arabia and is in desperate need of the most recent climbing news.. TEll me,please
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bart
May 10, 2002, 3:27 PM
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Well, the shoe in itself seems quite normal, but the sole is different: the 'toe-part' has the form of a polygon (a pentagon, I believe). That way you got a bigger part of your shoe on the rock (IF you put your feet right): a side of the pentagon instead of a point in case of a 'normal-shaped' shoe. The 'heel-part' of the sole is normal.
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