What was the first pair of climbing shoes you ever owned?
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My first pair were Pierre Allains (-5 for spelling) which were red and black with rubber as hard as a semi tire. Bought them in 1973. Second pair were EBs. |
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Boreal Zephyr. Not particularly sensitive. I replaced them with Boreal Stingers and immediately climbed an entire grade harder. |
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Kastinger Kletter's circa 1971 |
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La Sportive Katanas...circa 2007 :-) |
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Was this thread started to deliberately force people to divulge their age? |
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The REI catalog(which was 3 pages 1983) only sold red or blue Asolos, I got the blue. But I learned in PA's. Fun topic. |
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Fat Dad wrote:Was this thread started to deliberately force people to divulge their age? EBs. Mid to ate 70s. .That wasn't really the intent, but from my post you can probably guess my age. Let's just say the first presidential election I voted in was Jimmy Carter 1976. Where's my Beltone? |
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Fat Dad wrote: Once Fire came outMan, you *are* old! You were there for the invention of fire! Soon thereafter the wheel was invented, right? :-) /kidding! |
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First pair of real shoes were a second hand pair of PA's I picked up when I was 14. Then it was EB's, then Asolos, then Boreal Fires. The Fires changed everything overnight. I got mine in 83 or 84. |
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Onesports. Used to be the sister company of Montrail...don't know what's happened to them (the company or the shoes!)...it's been a long, long time. |
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Vertical Friction Loafers, circa 1992. |
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AJS wrote: Man, you *are* old! You were there for the invention of fire! Soon thereafter the wheel was invented, right? :-) /kidding!Ha ha. I'm ONLY 44, which is the new 31 or something like that. Though I still hope for many good climbing years ahead of me, a word to the wise: squeeze in all you can when you're young. If you've played hard in your youth, once you get in the neighborhood of 35 or 40, little things like tendons and joints start falling apart. |
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Cathy wrote:Vertical Friction Loafers, circa 1992. Still have 'em :-)I had a pair of them, too. Hurt to crack climb in them ,however. |
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I don't know the names of them, but I think they were made by Laytok?, 1984ish, blue suede, hi-top, rubber so hard it had the durometer of cast iron... |
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My first pair were Merrell Flashdances in the late 80s. They had bright blue leather, yellow laces, and a huge pink triangle on the side. Merrell decided to stop using pink triangles on their shoes in the early 90s, for some reason;-). |
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A pair of hand-me-down Vasque Ascents from perhaps the later 70's or early 80's. Still have them for walls- they fit loose, heave tread, and are stiffer than a board. |
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My first technical climbing shoes was a pair of the grey Krohnhoffer kletter shoes. Like the ones that Layton Kor is wearing in the famous photo that Alan Hill had so magnificently reproduced in glorious velvet. |
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EB's (1982) |
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Calma Adherienca, red and grey high tops that were around right before Fires came out. |
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I think I still have mine around somewhere... |
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A pair of Vasque climbing boots in 82. By the time I realized my error in not getting EBs, Fires came out and my climbing jumped a couple of grades immediately. |