Rock climbing shoes for tree climbing

[taffupatree]

The arbpro shoes are meant to be pretty trick for silky work/rec climbing. No CS protection though which is a bit of a niggle unless you are self employed etc. Even have an slighty bent footbed for limbwalking etc. Honeybrothers sell them or look for the vid review on youtube

[Arran Turner]

I think i paid 140 ish for my Cresta's. Not budget I know, but well worth the pounds IMO.

 

Nod at Treeworker has them in.

 

were I was looking they were priced way more

[Marc]

AKU Cresta's would be better rock climbing shoes are more for toe heel and smearing on rock the slick nature would be a nightmare on wet wood.

 

I wear LaSportiva's trango evo's but they are pricey. Dubious about the arbpro's like I am at anything arb specific.

[Arran Turner]

Ive got a walking/hiking style boots that I rec climb in and work in at the weekends, they are really good and better than my airstreams. Was just wondering what more feeling would be like. Looked at some cheap rockclimbing shoes from go out doors and are about 30/40 quid. will probley just give it a go and see how they are. I want to start rock climbing anyway so shouldnt be wasted money

[teepeeat]

if you want more 'feel' then got to be bare foot

Used to rock climb bare foot in my youth - never got on with shoes too well in general

Did have some rock climbing shoes at one time, but as someone else has mentioned, they are not particularly comfy as they need to be fairly tight to act like a second (grippier) skin

[Ewan Murray]

I have tried it and they aren't as grippy as you would think, if you want to have feeling try some barefoot trial shoes loads of companies make them and they come with a lot of grip.

[Arran Turner]

I have tried it and they aren't as grippy as you would think, if you want to have feeling try some barefoot trial shoes loads of companies make them and they come with a lot of grip.

 

Breatho Trail Mens - Off Road - Mens

These sort of what you mean? they seem like a nice medium between everything

[Ewan Murray]

Yeah mate, something like that, look for the merrel or vibram ones they are pretty good.

[Brett]

Scarpa Crux approach shoe, wouldn't use them for tree climbing though or any of my rock shoes, much prefer to have a rigid sole boot.

[TGB]

Not used my rock boots/shoes for climbing trees. Partly because I wouldn't want to trash a pair and partly because they're not cheap. Yes with the right last and say 4mm of rubber you could feel every bump. You could also jam your feet at all angles in a variety of cracks and pins.

 

Just one problem, assuming you could afford it in the first place. If you get a comfy pair, they're going to slip off your feet when you least expect it. To get them to stay on and be able to climb consistently, you're going to have to get a pair that fits well. And in the world of rock climbing boots/shoes, that means being uncomfortable. When you're climbing, you could be in them for 30mins., maybe even an hour at a time on a long difficult pitch. But when you belay or when you get the chance, you take them off and let your feet breath.

 

So if you want to be supremely uncomfortable while working and want to re-sole your footwear every six months by a specialist cobbler...