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Indoor bouldering shoe - narrow heel and wide toe box

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Jhon Doe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2021 · Points: 0

Hey,

I'm looking for a climbing shoe for indoor bouldering. I'm climbing for almost a year and doing mostly v4-v5 problems.

Until now I had my beginner shoes and I want something with a better heel and toe hook, but still I preffer it to be comfortable and soft or mid-stiff.

The thing is, I have a very narrow heel, and a medium to wide toe box, so when I tried scarpa vapor v and scapra instinct vs and vsr, my toes realy hurt and were very crumped while my heel had free space and air bubbles.

Ahybody have any recommendations for my needs?

take TAKE · · Mass · Joined Dec 2013 · Points: 191

Try hiangles. I have narrow heels (love Anasazi Blanco's which most people find too tight in the heel) and the best fitting bouldering shoe I've ever worn was hiangles. The new ones especially seem to have a high volume toe/front relative to the heel

Dekun P · · Charlotte, NC · Joined Nov 2020 · Points: 47

The new La Sportiva shoes have fairly small heels but fairly wide toe box. For reference, my dress shoe sizes are like US 6.5EE or US 6EEE and pretty shallow heels, I can wear the Skwama 39s (after 10 sessions of breaking in, and they literally stretched from painful for one boulder to comfortable to walk around in) fairly comfortably. Also try Evolv Shaman, 

Mx Amie · · Milwaukie, OR · Joined May 2019 · Points: 327

I had the same problem with scarpas and evolvs, and my la sportiva Otakis solved that problem for me

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