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

Given that GearJunkie already crowned the Scarpa Drago the “best climbing shoe for steep routes and boulders,” it was a surprise when the Drago XT showed up in the mail. I couldn’t see how ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...