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Agarciap
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Aug 25, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
I am in need of a new pair of aggressive shoes for bouldering and short sport routes, gym and outside. Issue is, my foot is freakin narrow and I have a small heel. I just blew through the toes of my Evolv Geshidos which I liked bc of their perfect narrow fit, but evolv's rubber leaves a lot to be desired and the Geshidos don't appear to be made anymore anyways. Men's and Women's La Sportiva Muiras are too wide and have too big of a heel cup, same with the Solutions. Even the Katana's don't fit that well. Women' Evolv Shamans fit ok, but I figured I'd reach out for suggestions. Needs: aggressive, narrow, and small heel cup...help!
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Jeff Welch
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Aug 25, 2015
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Dolores, CO
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 282
My narrow feet fit quite well in many Scarpa shoes.
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Eric LaRoche
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Aug 25, 2015
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West Swanzey, NH
· Joined Aug 2011
· Points: 25
Sportiva Pythons are narrow.
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Agarciap
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Aug 25, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
the Pythons fit ok...I have a lot of wiggle room in the heel and there's a good amount of extra material on the top of my forefoot.
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Agarciap
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Aug 25, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
Any Scarpas you'd recommend off the cuff?
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Jeff Welch
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Aug 25, 2015
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Dolores, CO
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 282
Agarciap wrote:Any Scarpas you'd recommend off the cuff? I personally wear Vapors, but I can't wear a dramatically downturned shoe. The mild downturn of the Vapor works well for me. I found the Instinct series to fit a bit wide, so you might try the Boostic, or maybe one of their newer models.
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Agarciap
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Aug 25, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
Jake Jones wrote:Try Tenayas too. My foot is long, narrow, low volume in the foot and heel. They fit me great. I've heard great things, I just need to find a shop that carries them.
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djh860
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Aug 25, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Dec 2014
· Points: 110
I think scarp tend to be narrow
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Jeff Koperek
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Aug 25, 2015
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Grand Junction, CO
· Joined Aug 2013
· Points: 20
Scarpas tend to fit me and I have a pretty wide foot. Check out 5.10 Dragons, Projects, Teams or the Hiangles. Edit: I have the old Vapor Vs and Instinct slippers
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Jeff Welch
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Aug 25, 2015
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Dolores, CO
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 282
Jeff Koperek wrote:Scarpas tend to fit me and I have a pretty wide foot. Check out 5.10 Dragons, Projects, Teams or the Hiangles. All of these are far too wide/high volume for me. OP, understand that "wide" or "narrow" are typically subjective terms, and different shoes can be wide or narrow in different spots. My foot is a A to AA width throughout (so quite narrow), but my toes are fairly uniform in length. Scarpa shoes tend to be narrow through the midfoot and low in volume, but have a fairly broad, blunted toebox. So they work well for me, but also work well for many climbers with wider feet. The 5.10s mentioned above, as well as most Sportiva shoes, tend to have much more tapered toe areas, so they feel narrow in the toes despite being wider in the midfoot and higher volume overall. I used to climb in Evolvs, and found the shape and volume to be fairly similar to Scarpa through the midfoot, but more tapered in the toe. There's no hard and fast rules - everyone's foot is shaped differently, and "narrow" or "wide" is only a very small part of the picture.
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reboot
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Aug 25, 2015
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· Joined Jul 2006
· Points: 125
djh860 wrote:I think scarp tend to be narrow Jeff Koperek wrote:Scarpas tend to fit me and I have a pretty wide foot. Check out 5.10 Dragons, Projects, Teams or the Hiangles. Scarpa does not have all their shoes fit the same shape feet like La Sportival; it pays to try individual models. The Boostic & their women specific models may fit the OP.
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WoodyW
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Aug 25, 2015
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Alaska
· Joined Sep 2014
· Points: 70
I have fairly narrow feet also. The Evolv Shamans have worked really well for me. Only quibble I had about them was the toe box insert thing in them. That's it! They edge like crazy.
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Adam Reke
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Aug 25, 2015
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Boulder, CO
· Joined May 2013
· Points: 10
Tenaya forsure, they are quite narrow
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Agarciap
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Aug 26, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
Thanks everyone, I have some good ideas now and some research to do...Now I need to find a store that actually stocks Tenaya so I can try them on.
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S. Neoh
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Aug 26, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2009
· Points: 35
All three of my current shoes are suitable for narrower feet - (last gen) Scarpa Vapor V, Sportiva Katana Lace, and Tenaya Ra. The Tenaya and Sportiva are probably a little narrower than the Scarpa. Note that I would not call any of these three all that 'aggressive'. In fact I bought them because they are not too aggressive.
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Agarciap
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Aug 26, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2014
· Points: 46
solutions have a monster heel...Effectively All Sportiva's I've tried on are too wide for my forefoot and all of their aggressive models have huge heel cups...
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