Modern climbers have the opposite problem. Go to any outdoor recreation store and prepare to be overwhelmed by shelves of cutting-edge climbing shoes and marketing gibberish. That’s how I felt ...

Evolv caters to mid-level rock jocks with its V6 rock shoe, straddling the vast ability levels between beginner and advanced ... which is an issue in many climbing shoes. The heel felt super ...

Yet performance features remain paramount on every new shoe that arrives from the French manufacturer founded over three-quarters of a century ago. Take, for example, the latest addition to Salomon’s ...