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The Five Ten Aleon is a brand new, moderately aggressive shoe designed for hard bouldering and sport climbing. It is the first major design by the Swiss climbing legend Fred Nicole. If you don’t know who Fred Nicole is, check out THIS Wikipedia page and THIS nice article by Climbing.com. As a personal note, I …
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This is a in-depth review of the Scarpa Instinct Lace climbing shoe. The first shoe that I ever bought from Scarpa, was the Instinct VS. I bought a super tight size that performed really well on almost all kinds of terrain. The only down side of the Instinct VS was that inside the shoe, there …
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When I first heard of Tenaya climbing shoes, they seemed to be a rather small company. Not that I honestly know how small or large their company really is, but it was the first impression that I got. When trying to ask around about Tenaya shoes, none of my climbing buddies knew anything. What first …
I have sweaty fingers. I mean REALLY sweaty fingers. Most of the times when bouldering in a gym, my fingers have sweated through the chalk while walking from the chalk bucket to the problem I am about to climb. Talk about frustrating! The truth is that the drier the skin, the better the friction. All …
The Scarpa Booster S is an excellent rock climbing shoe for advanced climbers. It excels on overhangs and small foorholds. Read the full review to find out more about the Scarpa Booster S.
Scarpa is an Italian based company that specializes in shoes of all types. Whether it is a climbing shoe, downhill skiing boot, trail running shoe or whatever, it is likely that Scarpa has a pair to offer. A few years ago Scarpa teamed up with hot-shot climbing shoe designer Heinz Mariacher. Mr. Mariacher was one …