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

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 ...

The Handball Cup SPZL is actually new. It’s not a shoe from the past, but a reinterpretation of the shoe. Aspden says there’s ...

Hairy suede is one of the biggest trends in sneakers right now, and The North Face's fresh riff on their existing approach ...

It’s not enough to go far … or fast. An Arc’teryx shoe must also be capable of traveling high. “We’re a climbing brand,” said Ovidio Garcia, a vice president of the company’s footwear division, when ...

Resulting pain and deformity can go on to affect gait and even spinal mechanics. The history of the rock climbing shoe Historically, hardcore first ascents were made in normal shoes or hiking boots.

These shoes are made from fully waterproof Dyma-tex fabric, which uses thousands of nano-sized pores to keep water out while letting heat and moisture escape. We can confirm that they kept our ...

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