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 ...

Even though the sport climbers and boulderers don't like it, sometimes getting to the crag requires a bit of hiking.

An Arc’teryx shoe must also be capable of traveling high. “We’re a climbing brand,” said Ovidio Garcia ... The Vertex Speed clocks in at just 8.5 ounces for a men’s size 9.5, and 8.1 ounces for the ...