1st June > Prism

Chris > Prisim: Its been a few weeks since my last post (sorry nuds, I've been slacking) and the Prisms and myself have seen quite a bit of rock time since. The past few weeks I've done some bouldering at Val David and sport/trad at Montagne D'argent.

We worked on problems at Val David ranging from V2 to V6 and Ive been finding it hard to get the heel onto some of the smaller holds. That's coming the air pocket behind my heel. There is one problem in particular (I don't know the name since I don't have access to a full topo) that starts sitting down with a high heel. The heel doesn't feel stable and I found it hard to keep my heel on the starting holds. On some of the problems there was a serious lack of footholds and the ones that were there are all small edges and the Prisms stuck onto every one.

The shoe is designed with an asymmetrical last. Usually shoes with an offset toe can be painfull to wear but the Prisms go on snug with no pain and all the performance on sport climbs and trad. We spent this past weekend at the crag and there were times when I forgot to take my shoes off becuase they're so comfortable I didn't realize I was still wearing them! I ended my weekend on a trad/sport mixed climb. The first two thirds of the climb was a 5.10c crack and I could cam my foot into the crack without any kind of pain. Even with the smaller cracks where you can just get the tip of the toe in, the shoes never failed.