Heinz Mariacher: The Man Behind The Shoes Who designed your climbing shoes? If you ask your climbing buddies if they know who Heinz Mariacher is I’m willing to bet most of them won’t have a clue. Which is pretty ironic really because there’s a good chance are...
Do You Need Climbing Shoes For Bouldering? Do I need climbing shoes? Hell yeah, you do! Bouldering is one of the purest forms of climbing out there. All you’ll need is a trusty pair of shoes, a chalk bag, a crash pad (or two) and you are good to go. While sport...
Symmetrical vs Asymmetrical Climbing Shoes What shoes are right for you? I wouldn’t be surprised if shoe asymmetry is a new concept to most people, after all, it’s not exactly something you have to think about when buying new sneakers. When we refer to...
Aggressive Climbing Shoes Are they worth the hype? Climbing shoes have changed a lot in recent years, in fact, they have become almost unrecognizable compared to early models from the 80s and 90s. There’s a good reason for this – climbing shoes have evolved...
Barefoot Climbing: Time to ditch the shoes? Could you crush harder by climbing barefoot? If you heard that in April 2020, Charles Albert sent V17 to match Nalle Hukkataival and Daniel Woods for the hardest boulder ascent ever, you might be pretty impressed. Then you...
Adam Ondra’s Climbing Shoes The shoes that power the best climber ever. When it comes to professional climbers, they don’t come much better than Adam Ondra. Whether it’s plastic or rock, the world cup circuit or an unheard crag in Europe, this man can crush it...
