Birth defect

I have a friend who was born with half a foot and wants to start climbing. She has come out and done a few top rope routes but struggles because of it. Any suggestions as far as what to do about shoes or what might help her?

My only thought was to buy shoes and see if a cobbler could customize them. It hurts her to climb without shoes an she gets no stability climbing with her normal shoe/prosthetic set up.

Contact evolv they do custom shoes for people they did a shoe for a guy that lost half of his foot to frost bite. Call and ask for jeff he can get all informed on it good luck

+1 for Evolv. Good chance to get something there for a decent price. I like the knee pad idea too; should use that as my excuse for poor climbing on my bad ankle.

Have her get in touch with Paradox Sports too--they are always
doing things for those that want to climb though they may
have artificial limbs and the like.

Paradox is on Facebook as well. facebook.com/pages/Paradox-…

+1 for Paradox

+10 for paradox. Malcolm is a really cool guy and paradox is top notch.

Thanks everyone for the advice, I will have her look into those and see what works best for her.

Eric Albers wrote:My friend broke his ankle and instead of trying to use his bad foot, he just bought a nice knee pad and got used to climbing like that. He was able to toprope anything he wanted, and lead some easy stuff. Might be a comfortable alternative to trying to outfit her foot. My friend was able to toprope 5.11 successfully with a one foot and one knee (so there are no limits outside the mind). Glad you guys are out climbing!