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Approach shoes with sticky soles

Chris Malcolm · 2004-01-16T04:15:23+00:00

A recent (last few months) magazine had a multiple boot/approach shoe review which inlcuded an approach shoe with, as far as I recall, extremely good sticky rubber soles which also worked well in the wet. I saved this mag somewhere so safe I can't find it! Can anyone recall this review? Can anyone recall which shoe was the DB's as far as sticky rubber was concerned? Does anyone have any firm opinions about which approach shoes have the best sticky rubber? I'm after an approximation to the kind of rubber climbing shoes have, the kind they use on artificial indoor rock walls, but one of my feet is too old for that kind of painfully cramped shoe style. So I'm after that kind of rubber in something more comfortable that I could scramble in, but which wouldn't disgrace itself on climbing walls. -- Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK ["]http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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Chris Malcolm
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16 January 2004, 04:15 UTC #1

A recent (last few months) magazine had a multiple boot/approach shoe review which inlcuded an
approach shoe with, as far as I recall, extremely good sticky rubber soles which also worked well in
the wet. I saved this mag somewhere so safe I can't find it!
Can anyone recall this review? Can anyone recall which shoe was the DB's as far as sticky rubber
was concerned? Does anyone have any firm opinions about which approach shoes have the best
sticky rubber?
I'm after an approximation to the kind of rubber climbing shoes have, the kind they use on
artificial indoor rock walls, but one of my feet is too old for that kind of painfully cramped shoe
style. So I'm after that kind of rubber in something more comfortable that I could scramble in, but
which wouldn't disgrace itself on climbing walls.
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Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
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Peter Clinch
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16 January 2004, 04:16 UTC #2

Chris Malcolm said:
I'm after an approximation to the kind of rubber climbing shoes have, the kind they use on
artificial indoor rock walls, but one of my feet is too old for that kind of painfully cramped
shoe style.
Why not just buy them in your normal foot size then? As with all other footwear, try on a few and
get ones which fit you best. The cramped style is generally just from buying them rather small and
tight compared to most shoes.
Though do note that there's a danger of scrambling in rock shoes on the mud and grass between rocks,
where they are pretty hopeless.
Pete.
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Bryan Hall
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16 January 2004, 04:16 UTC #3

Have to ask - how much younger is the other foot? ;-) <snip>
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I'm after an approximation to the kind of rubber climbing shoes have, the kind they use on
artificial indoor rock walls, but one of my feet is too old for that kind of painfully cramped
shoe style.

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Just Zis Guy
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16 January 2004, 04:16 UTC #4

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:43:10 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Chris
Malcolm) said:
one of my feet is too old for that kind of painfully cramped shoe style.
Hop. Obviously ;-)
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Boo
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16 January 2004, 05:17 UTC #5

Quoted message said:
A recent (last few months) magazine had a multiple boot/approach shoe review which inlcuded an
approach shoe with, as far as I recall, extremely good sticky rubber soles which also worked well
in the wet. I saved this mag somewhere so safe I can't find it!
If you find it again then I'd like to know, especially if you test them and they're great :-)
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Anonymous
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16 January 2004, 05:17 UTC #6

In article <[email hidden]>, Boo <boo@spam_me_no_spam.net> writes
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
A recent (last few months) magazine had a multiple boot/approach shoe review which inlcuded an
approach shoe with, as far as I recall, extremely good sticky rubber soles which also worked well
in the wet. I saved this mag somewhere so safe I can't find it!
If you find it again then I'd like to know, especially if you test them and they're great :-)
They may have been the Stealth rubber soled Five-Tens. Their current offering is the MT Master:
fiveten.comindex.php
Known as the Crag Master over here:
needlesports.comApproach Shoes.html
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Chris Malcolm
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16 January 2004, 05:18 UTC #7

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In article <[email hidden]>, Boo <boo@spam_me_no_spam.net> writes
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A recent (last few months) magazine had a multiple boot/approach shoe review which inlcuded an
approach shoe with, as far as I recall, extremely good sticky rubber soles which also worked
well in the wet. I saved this mag somewhere so safe I can't find it!
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
If you find it again then I'd like to know, especially if you test them and they're great :-)
Quoted message said:
They may have been the Stealth rubber soled Five-Tens. Their current offering is the MT Master:
Quoted message said:
fiveten.comindex.php
Quoted message said:
Known as the Crag Master over here:
Quoted message said:
needlesports.comApproach Shoes.html
Thanks. I think the other candidate is the Scarpa Mescalito. Will report back when I find out more.
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