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adventurevryday
Jan 11, 2006, 10:42 PM
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I just started climbing and don't have shoes, I usually just climb in tennis shoes, but I recently discovered when buildering at a track meet that my spikes (without the spikes) work pretty well. They are tight fitting and rubber. Has anyone else tried this?
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lightningwolf73
Jan 11, 2006, 11:27 PM
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Can't say I've tried track shoes, but old wrestling shoes work well in a pinch.
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rockinrock
Jan 11, 2006, 11:37 PM
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I've thought about trying it, because they are kind of tight and close fitting....but the rubber leaves something to be desired. No reason to be climbing in those things anyway. I'm sure you could get some madrocks for dirt cheap just by looking around on the web. Here's a better question...can you use track shoes with the spikes in to go ice climbing? Might be fun to try! It would be nice to climb a moderate wearing my bright yellow track shoes, along with underwear lenght shorts and a thin tank top. I smell a good RC front page picture here.
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jeep914x4
Jan 11, 2006, 11:37 PM
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Two of my friends were out climbing at a local crag and saw two old timers walk up with no crash pads, ropes, chalk, NOTHING! The two unknown men proceded to climb some of the hardest routes my friends had ever seen sent... in old school new balance tennis shoes.... Who needs climbing shoes?
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roshiaitareya
Jan 11, 2006, 11:41 PM
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In reply to: wo old timers walk up with no crash pads, ropes, chalk, NOTHING! The two unknown men proceded to climb some of the hardest routes my friends had ever seen sent... in old school new balance tennis shoes.... That's because they are old school. If any of us tried that, being new school and all, we'd totally fail. Just give it 20 or 30 years when we become old school and the new school guys are using all sorts of new fangled crazy equipment. Then we can pull something sick and wow all the new school punks.
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rockinrock
Jan 12, 2006, 12:00 AM
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For the sake of all that if holy I want to assume that you and your friends consider 5.9 to be the "hardest stuff ever sent", because if it was me talking that would mean they did 5.12s in tenis shoes. Either way, that's hardcore.
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raymondjeffrey
Jan 12, 2006, 12:16 AM
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Go to Ebay; there is lots of climbing stuff on that site. Some of the stuff is even brand new and auctioned by the manufacturing company and /or retailers. Carry On, Jefro
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curtis_g
Jan 12, 2006, 12:20 AM
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Yea, soloing is always hardcore. The most I've soloed was probably in the 5.6's or 5.7's. It's just one of those phenomena that the sewing machine legs kick in about 10 times sooner when there's no rope attached. Hahaha. As far as shoes go... I've never heard of track shoes being used but as far as alternatives go I enjoy entirely more than my fair share of buildering in old school vans (very close to the converse style low-tops but more ankle padding and cloth is used many times instead of rubber pieces)... and I know that wrestling shoes are great alternatives too, their only 'con' being that they are usually VERY high high-tops so you would lose some ankle range of motion.
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