We take a look at the culture of tight climbing ... the longest toe is not always the big toe, etc. Rock climbing shoes now exist to match a woman’s foot shape - generally smaller in size than a man’s ...

Our ongoing effort to test every climbing shoe ... powerful toe and heel hooks are involved. Leave it to the Italians to ...

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 ...

your climbing shoes, or any other lace-up pair that could use a snugness enhancement. If you’ve been over-compensating for heel slippage by lacing your shoes way too tight in the toe and midfoot ...