Aside from the ice climbers, mountaineers, and Charles Albert, every climber needs a pair of reliable climbing shoes.

The Drago XT is a slightly tweaked version of the venerable Scarpa Drago. The new shoe carries the same DNA, but is more widely usable.

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Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

If you’re overwhelmed by the variety of climbing shoes, our expert-vetted guide covers everything you need to know.

For those first few months, I went as often as I could and eventually wore a hole in a pair of used Scarpa climbing shoes I found in a bin at an REI Garage Sale for less than $20. Free dusty ...