17thJune > Anasazi LV

EVE > Anasazi LV's: Well, summer is kicking and my shoes and I are finally getting along nicely. I've broken them in, and they are now fitted but not painful. I've gotten use to performing shoes now, and I find myself expecting improbable spots to easily become footholds. There is little serious damage to the shoe to be noted other than a few spots where the movement of the shoe away from the sole is notable. Namely, where the velcros meet the rubber and where the heel's 'pull' strap meets the rubber. The rubber itself seems to be taking to the mistreatment quite nicely and there are no loose or damaged seams to speak of! There is some velcro damage to the tongue of the shoe though, which may seem irrelevant but maybe a velcroed shoe should not have any velcro-sensitive fabric right under the straps. In this case, its a net-like thin layer that's feeling the wrath, it might not be the best idea! Otherwise, the season is young and I will see what I can do about damaging these babies ;)
I know that the Anasazi are meant to be bouldering shoes, but I have to say that if you are an experienced boulderer, than these might not be aggressive enough for you because I find that they are absolutely wonderful route shoes. There are no very strong curves to the shape of the shoe, but the toe precision you can get is incredible and by consequence (although they are perfectly useful on boulders) the Anasazi seem like a good route-shoe choice to me! Maybe it would get tiresome on a multi pitch though... Hmmm... I'm gonna have to check on that!