Approach Shoes?
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What's everyone's experiences? Reviews tend to be both scarce and vague. |
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La Sportiva Ganda's, they do it all. |
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I have or have had in the last few years one or more pairs of each of the following: FiveTen Guide Tennies, Five Ten Camp Four, Five Ten Exum Guide, and La Sportiva Ganda. |
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I just picked up a pair of the La Sportiva Boulder X mid GTX and they're friggen sa-weeeeet |
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I like the scarpa crux except for the blisters. Hopefully this will go away as my feet and the shoes merge. It has been on 6 mile or more hikes that gave me blisters. The shoes are still relatively new to me but my next big hike ( i like to think) won't produce blisters. |
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The Ganda's are great, especially on long, moderate alpine routes where you don't want to carry two pairs of shoes. I don't think anything else on the market comes close - in performance or price. |
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I can tell you not to get 5.10 exum guides. The rounded back makes them very difficult to keep crampons from slipping off the back. |
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Boulder X climb fine, despite feeling a little clunky. Don't know about poons on them. +1 for the Gecko Guides - best approach shoe I ever used, but haven't tried points on them, again. The soles are a little thin, though, so barrel cactus needles will go all the way through. |
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I "like" my boulder x, but wow they get hot!!!! Not well ventilated at all. They do climb decent although clunky at said. Stiff shank which is good for a heavy pack and I've kicked steps in 1000 ft of snow with them as well. Good shoe when it's cooler out. |
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Scott McMahon wrote:I "like" my boulder x, but wow they get hot!!!! Not well ventilated at all. They do climb decent although clunky at said. Stiff shank which is good for a heavy pack and I've kicked steps in 1000 ft of snow with them as well. Good shoe when it's cooler out.right on the money! |
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I have had good luck with the La Sportiva Xplorers so far for alpine rock (climbed the E Buttress of Whitney in them). They're an upgraded version of the old Exums Pros. |
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check out the Evolv Captain. Great on scree and easy slabs. Keep your feet pretty clean with a tongue gusset and fairly cool too. A better overall shoe than the Scarpa Exum Guide that I have. |
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I have some Sportiva Gandas and love them. I definitely didn't buy them for snow and I don't know how well a pair of cheap crampons would work. They are clearly not compatible with some sabertooths or whatever. There are those cheap crampons you can buy for like $40 at rei that look like chains with small spikes that might do. |
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Ganda`s are great. BUT.... if you're just going to hike to a climb then switch to your real climbing shoes, save you're money. That's what I found. I like climbing in my climbing shoes and I can switch from good trail runners to them in less than 3 minutes. |
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I have found sportiva shoes great, and easy to get resoled with sticky rubber. Quite a few guides and climbers actually use them for climbing. |
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I've been wearing the Garmot Dragontail shoe. I choose it because it fit my wide foot, is fairly stiff with good support and climbs pretty good, but I'm sure not as good as boulder x or guides. A little bulky on the harness or in the pack. |
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I have the Ganda's from lasportiva and agree with everyone else on the forum. They climb amazing and are comfy to climb in. They are wonderfull in cracks. I have climbed in the 5.10 range with them without issue. They also climb off-width well. you will not have the edging or smearing of a good rock shoe but they still edge and smear quite well, and the shoe has a great ammount of feel. Plus the padding and leather makes crack climbing comfortable and quite secure in larger cracks all the way down to everything but the smallest of finger cracks. I highly recomend them. I DONOT reccomend the price however. |
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I have the LS Crossleathers (slightly beefier version of the Crosslites |
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A review of the Ganda: |
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Anyone used these? |
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Here's a bit on Elevation Outdoors: |