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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 …
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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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 …