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john hansen
climber
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I remember many pianful days in EBs but they were also my best climbing days.
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junior
Trad climber
Modesto. CA
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RR,s of course the only pair I could fine was a size and a half to big. But the rubber was terrible, I was better off with my Vasque hiking boots.
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john hansen
climber
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Whats weed walking ? Going to check your crop?
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sketchy
Trad climber
Vagrant
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When I first started climbing the Boreal stingers had just come out. The sport geek at the nearist climbing store informed me that I needed to size them extremly tight. He actually suggested I buy a pair that I couldnt get into in the store, soak them in a bucket of water over night, then stretch them over my feet with pliers. I didnt do this but for the next year or two I thrashed my up 5.6-5.8 trad climbs in shoe hell.
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Mr_T
Trad climber
Somewhere, CA
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Worst Shoes Ever - Boreal Aces.
Rubber wouldn't stick to a horizontal sidewalk. Sole split open after two day's use. Ripped blisters into my heels.
(Best shoes ever - Boreal Vector, so likely issue w/ Aces was crap shoe, not fit. Also love 5.10 Ascents.)
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JAK
climber
The Souf
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For me it was Mad Rock Mugens.
Nothing wrong with the performance of the shoe (it could've stood to've been a bit stiffer), but they fell apart in about 3 months, 2 days a week of climbing.
Not impressive.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
California somewhere
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I bought a pair of Mad Rocks right when the first came out. Man, those things were pieces of crap. I've heard they've improved over the years but my experience early on turned me off from that brand.
I eventually traded them to a local guy in Huaraz, Peru in exchange for a couple of local climbing club chalk bags and a hearty glass of Pisco sour. He was thrilled to have "modern" climbing shoes and I was happy to be rid of them.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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My first pair 1991 - 5.10 Summits.
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oldcragger
Trad climber
Truckee,CA
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Kamet Joshua Trees...with the steel shank?!
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