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mendou
Oct 6, 2008, 3:02 AM
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Hello everybody...
I'm looking for the best option for a climbing shoes for granite rock...
The shoes that i have (miuras) are awesome for limbstone, but i've heard that are better options for granite rock...
Any suggestions?
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petsfed
Oct 6, 2008, 3:16 AM
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Granite ...
... cracks? Wide cracks? Thin cracks?
... faces? Slabs? Heavily featured?
... all around?
I've got seven different pairs of shoes, and none of them are granite or limestone specific (although my muiras only get hauled out when I get on limestone, because they don't jam that well and I live near Vedauwoo).
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deltav
Oct 6, 2008, 3:44 AM
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Still going with Sportiva...the Mythos is a great slab shoe
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shockabuku
Oct 6, 2008, 3:59 AM
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Slab? A nice snug pair of Miuras are good as gold.
Cracks? Not so much; Mythos would be better.
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Maddhatter
Oct 6, 2008, 4:34 AM
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Boreal. But then again I still climb in resoled aces! lol
I have loved every pair of Boreal shoes I have ever had.
All my shoes have been lace ups.
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imcd
Oct 6, 2008, 5:35 AM
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I climb everything in my Miuras, I think that these shoes perform well on all kinds of rock. not the best for hands sized cracks but good for fingers crack and small edges/crystals. I also find them to be more than adequate for most smearing.
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tradrenn
Oct 6, 2008, 6:10 AM
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Baracudas from LaSportive for cracks, they are OK for slab if it's not too hot.
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vegastradguy
Oct 6, 2008, 6:27 PM
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generally speaking, shoes are designed more for the features found on the rock rather than rock type.
given a set of features on different types of rock, a shoe designed to perform on those features should do well on any type of rock.
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deltav
Oct 6, 2008, 7:03 PM
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Shoes like the Mythos are actually designed for slab. The last is built to flex more at the insole.
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