Best climbing shoe for Devils Lake? And why?

Nick, I wouldn't presume to think I'm smarter than you, or anybody else for that matter. I'm just saying that there's a reason you aren't allowed to rent a car until you are 25 years old. The brain goes through changes as you get older that makes you less willing to take risks. I'd like to think that my lack of boldness lately is simply a biological function rather than me just becoming a sally.

As for DD: confirmed. I used Evolv Talons, my shoe of choice for hard routes.

Chris treggE wrote:Back on topic, I guess I am glad to find out it's not me that sucks, it's that I don't have the right shoe. Worn out Mythos with very rounded edges are not cutting it... Good thread Remo.

I don't know, I distinctly remember the first time I TRed an 11 at the lake, it was in a pair of blown out Mythos. My toe was barely sticking out of the end of my shoe to find that hidden foot under the bulge at the crux of Beginner's Demise.

On second thought, perhaps this is why I can't for the life of me break into the 12s..

Chris treggE wrote: Oh yeah, I was kidding, I know it's me that sucks!

But it's so much easier to blame it on the shoes.

Ok, so I am smarter than you?

My wife wants a baby so bad right now, is it only a matter of time before I too succumb to a fully formed amygdala?

I was fairly satisfied with Evolve Pontas Lace-ups yesterday but I think I got them too big. Fuck.

Socks or no socks?!?!?!?!!?

Time to press the red button. Only Jay Knower can help this.

Nick Rhoads wrote:Ok, so I am smarter than you?

I hereby challenge you to an academic decathlon.

Jay, name your topics!
I suggest:
"You are 20 ft above your last piece and it's a brassy with a screamer on it, you are 40 ft from the ground."
Do you:
A: Send.
B: Take.
C: Downclimb.
D: Jump.
E: Make your belay jump if you fall.

Chris, don't worry, I haven't gotten "action" for a while, been climbing.

I'm still swearing by the testarossas. everyone has a different foot and climbs with different footwork. That's the one thing that I've learned. I am curious about the Feroce's though.

And enough of the baby talk guys....

Yeah, the feroce is at boulders. And the testarossa is pretty average fit, in my eyes. If anything it may be a bit narrow in the toe box but the laces come down far enough that you can adjust it pretty easily. I like em a lot.

Nick,

Socks in the winter, no socks spring, fall and summer.

And I agree with steve, enough baby talk. You're scaring the rest of us.

When my kids grow up to be incredible bad asses they are going to hunt you down like a dog and make you wear Bufo shoes two sizes too big up Acid Rock, on lead.

I'll be waiting!

Wow, amazing how a simple question about shoes can generate all this. I haven't bought a new pair of shoes for a few years, but I'll put a vote in for Five Ten Newtons. I'd agree with Pete that the Mythos have been a popular shoe for a long time (for most everybody except Dave Groth).

They will beat you to death with your own shoes!

Which ones, the Bufos that they made me wear while I pwned Acid Rock, or the new Talons I just got to pwn your face!

Sorry, you are probably too young to notice that movie reference.

The one and only pink high top kaukalators. duh!!

Too young??? I'm almost 27. You can't be more than 30 Rhoads. What movie, I have a poor memory.

So this is obvioulsy an old thread, and I had the same question as Remo but found this in a search.

Since shoes have obviously changed in the last 4 years, what are you all climbing in now on the DL routes? Xmas is coming soon...

Anasazi Blanco/Verde/VCS for routes. Dragons for bouldering.