These climbing shoes are available in sizes 35-45. My size 41 weighs 16.2 ... Downsizing significantly is key to this shoe’s long-term functionality. By far, the best improvement on the VSR ...

“This is the first climbing shoe that I have tried and I am very ... Some climbers will intentionally size down (maybe by ...

In the early days of rock climbing, athletes had a simple choice: Slip on a pair of rubber-soled high-tops or don a pair of heavy hiking boots. Suffice to say, footwear was limited and unsuited to ...

So while the name “approach shoe” might sound like a hiking shoe, these shoes are designed and used for much more, including actual rock climbing. When approach shoes first came out, the idea was ...

(As long as we are getting all semantic, we should note that it is most fittingly described as an approach shoe — you’ll have to change into yet more technical climbing shoes before attacking the crag ...

This possibly led to the belief that a shoe that fits too tight or small was best. Possibly there was no alternative. Standard advice around 20+ years ago was to automatically buy climbing shoes ...

One of the biggest gear inventions to come out of the Dawn Wall climb was the TC Pro LaSportiva climbing shoe that allowed Caldwell to find footing on the smallest of holds. The new shoe ...