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Jedi
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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5.10 rocks!
Newtons are the best for all day along with the Ascents.
They are discontinuing a few shoes like the =
mesa $75
Climbalot $89
Zuma sandel $39
Mojave $89
Zlipper $49
El Clog (slipper shoe) $29
Santa Fe (velcro shoe) $39
check out www.fiveten.com and click sales items page after you click products.
killer deals.
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Melissa
Big Wall climber
oakland, ca
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Did any of y'all ever buy the gold lame' (that's lah-may) Steph Davis Zlippers with matching chalk bag?
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JH
Trad climber
Glendora
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I would live and die by the five ten guide tennies. When I am trad climbing, if I can't climb them in these, I don't want to climb it! The sticky rubber is the best on the market in my opinion and the shoe comfortable. Although it doesn't edge as well as I would like, I am all about the comfort.
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Jedi
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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5.10 rocks!
Newtons are the best for all day along with the Ascents.
They are discontinuing a few shoes like the =
mesa $75
Climbalot $89
Zuma sandel $39
Mojave $89
Zlipper $49
El Clog (slipper shoe) $29
Santa Fe (velcro shoe) $39
check out www.fiveten.com and click sales items page after you click products.
killer deals.
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Skdmarx
Sport climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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This is my first post on this forum, although I have lurked and read it for a long time. This thread got my mind going, thinking of every shoe I have had. Since I worked at a climbing shop for some years I managed to climb in a ton of different shoes. Here is a list of those that I remember having owned...
Boreal Ballet (my first shoe I think)
Boreal Ace
Boreal Laser
Boreal Vectors
LaSportiva Evolutions
5.10 UFO (loved these, still have them)
5.10 Lynx (super comfy with felt tongue!)
5.10 Razor (original green ones)
5.10 Anasazi Velco, a few pair of these
5.10 Anasazi Laceups
5.10 Moccasym (still my current shoe, really happy with it)
5.10 Southwest (have these, but just can't find anything I like them for)
Reebok Velcro (strange, but my favorite shoe, wish I could still get these. Reebok tried the climbing shoe thing for a year and then bailed, but I love the velcro.)
Reebok Laceups
Scarpa slippers (can't remember the name of them, very thin slipper)
Red Chili Tornado (These are cool for bouldering with my kids and easy trad routes, they are more comfortable than my street shoes)
And probably every version of the 5 Tennies ever made!
I stil have many of these shoes in my garage, I loan them to people I take out climbing their first time.
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OW
Trad climber
Patagonia
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My foot shape has changed over the years, getting ever wider. The shoe makers have changed quite a bit too, for example La Sportiva started widening their shoes that were shipped to the US a few years ago. Fit is where it's at, regardless of the kind of climbing you plan to do. I like to have a variety of shoes, from comfy high tops to eyeball-popping supertight slippers.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Megas.
Broken in, they are great for just about anything.
Now that they are discontinued, what am I gonna do?
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TomMoulin
climber
Las Vegas
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get them resoled w/o the stiff white plastic and they turn into the velcro's with a killer heal.
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Clayman
Trad climber
CA
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synchros 2pr
mocs 4 pr ( wore out 2, found a pr at the base of matthes crest, they are big but fit rad for thin cracks)
red chilli spirit-like a muria but under 100 bucks. getting them resoled with stealth.
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Melissa
Big Wall climber
oakland, ca
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T*R...here you go:
I've never seen these beauties in action.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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OK, here are a few of my favorite shoes, including my first pair, etc... most of you will recognize at least some of these:
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Roger Breedlove
Trad climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Hey Ed, it looks like it has been a while since you re-soled your RRs--trying to get them smooth, or something?
Also what is the shoe between the RR and the EB in the 11:00 O'clock position?
My shoes:
1965 to 1980:
Spyders
RDs
RRs (worn only a few times)
PAs (several pairs)
EBs (many pairs)
Then a long stretch of AllenEdmonds
5.10 Newtons and X-rays (which I cannot climb in) for the new me.
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Damn, Ed, I can smell 'em from here.
"Megas.
Broken in, they are great for just about anything.
Now that they are discontinued, what am I gonna do? "
buy several pairs and put them in the closet. It's your only hope. Other than randomly scoring them on Ebay in 5 years.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I modified the picture with the shoes... seems lately I like Mythos and Newtons. Mythos for Tuolumne, Newtons for the Valley. I have more Mythos because they wear out faster for me than the Newtons.
Roger, no surviving pairs of EB's for the photoshoot.. but the RR's are forever.
Rhodo - Gary asked the question this morning climbing "how do you post a smell on the internet"... spoken like a true partner.
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Moof
Trad climber
A cube at my soul sucking job in Nor. CA
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Present collection:
Retired:
Old boreal fires
5.10 huecos (with foam wedge) that died from squamish rot, and still reak after over a year of washing, freezing, and not wearing
Almost retired:
5.10 Altias, the ugly green ones, stretched about 2.5 sizes
5.10 guide almightys that long since lost all the dots
Won't die, but wish they would:
Boreal aces, the blue and gold
Too damn tight:
5.10 lace up anastazis. They stretch to perfect, then shrink back a week later
5.10 zlippers. Same story.
poifect:
2 pairs newtons
1 pair mythos
1 new pair hueco, same style, barely broken in
sportiva boulders
Just started the break in:
1 pair teal kaukalators (ebay is the only place with hightops...)
1 pair makalu dru's, probably gonna be too tight...
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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I can't believe I'm going to spend my time writing on this thread! What is it with shoes? So many threads on Climbing boards about shoes.
I'm guilty too. I have more shoes than Imelda Marcos.
Started with RRs, then lots of EBs. I sewed my own patches on the canvas to protect them in wide cracks. Then Contacts and finally Fires.
Then the madness really began.
My favorite shoes of all time were Boreal Vectors resoled with 5.10 rubber. I would so like to have another pair.
Now I can't count the shoes. My favorite are 5.10 Newtons. Main complaint...They are the stinkiest shoes on the planet. The fake leather does it.
Gotta sell some shoes this year, resole some shoes, maybe stop by the 5.10 outlet
PEace
karl
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akclimber
Trad climber
Eagle River, AK
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Mar 24, 2005 - 11:04pm PT
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I couldn't find another thread to ask this question and I didn't want to start ANOTHER shoe thread.
Has anybody tried on both Mad Rock and Five-Ten shoes? Is their sizing similar, I mean is the size 10 the same fit for both makers?
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 25, 2005 - 11:06am PT
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Just started climbing with some mad rock shoes and was impressed so far(between snow storms). Fit was good, constuction seems to be more beefy then 5.10 and so far the rubber has been surprising. At size11.5 there sizing seems comparable to 5.10 but in the larger sizes I'm sure it's harder to tell, they seem like they won't strecth out as much or as quickly as 5.10's. Surprisingly happy with them so far and for the last 15+ years I've been a strong 5.10 advocate.
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clustiere
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2006 - 06:22pm PT
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New to my likeing are the Gallileos (technical face edging) and the Ascents (for moderate or wide crack routes). I believe that the Venoms are still the sweetest shoe out there however for the price,.
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hobo
climber
PDX
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Feb 14, 2006 - 07:00pm PT
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Acopa icampa, best shoe ever. Like i said, cant really get a hold of those right now.
alex
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