The Pronk, a true crack climbing shoe

Hey Danny! I am an engineer (albiet a different industry), lmk if you want any free advice. I would love to help a great cause that would benefit my shit crack skillz.

Hey Danny, any news on the Pronk quest? Any hope for Pronks for this fall's Creek season? 

I signed up and would almost certainly buy a pair as long as they’re in the general price range and durability of most other shoes.

The shoes sound great, but as someone who NEVER buys a climbing shoe without trying them on for fit, I think you might be missing a huge piece of your potential market unless you can do some kind of advance marketing with shoe demos. This certainly would not be a fast process - I could see it taking a year to place the sample shoes in the most common sizes in various venues.

I'm thinking of something like getting demo shoes into climbing shops that sell a lot of shoes, like Eastside Sports in Bishop, taking them to places where there will be large numbers of crack climbers, like Creeksgiving, and maybe a climber fest events.

Sorry to give you this feedback, but I've bought lots of climbing shoes over the years and even within the brand I usually buy (La Sportiva), the sizes change between the models and even within the same model, separated by a few years. Even in La Sportiva, not all models are right for my feet.

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The shoes sound great, but as someone who NEVER buys a climbing shoe without trying them on for fit, I think you might be missing a huge piece of your potential market unless you can do some kind of advance marketing with shoe demos. This certainly would not be a fast process - I could see it taking a year to place the sample shoes in the most common sizes in various venues.

I'm thinking of something like getting demo shoes into climbing shops that sell a lot of shoes, like Eastside Sports in Bishop, taking them to places where there will be large numbers of crack climbers, like Creeksgiving, and maybe a climber fest events.

Sorry to give you this feedback, but I've bought lots of climbing shoes over the years and even within the brand I usually buy (La Sportiva), the sizes change between the models and even within the same model, operated by a few years. Even in La Sportiva, not all models are right for my feet.

I second this. Very interested but my feet are weird and I would have to try one on to buy it. 

Mr Rogers wrote:

Super cool Parker! Love the hole in the market youre trying to fill. Signing up.

Curious as how dimmensions and usability for the bottom end of the intened functional size might be effected by foot size.... is there a noticibale difference in say a 13/14 flippers like I would wear, compared to a more normal humans size 10?

It's really really annoying when size 13s are the same width as a size 9

The only demo location needed is the Super Crack parking lot.