Noodles > Guides: I'm sorry I've not updated, between work and climbing plus this new crag we're bolting I've been side tracked!
The Guides there are some simple things that need to said about the shoes:
- These shoes do dry out very quickly
- The grip when I've used them is amazing
- They look good on the street... not so much anymore, my pair are covered in dirt
I spent the weekend bolting a cliff... well drilling a cliff, the weather was against us and it was a feat to even get the holes drilled. The shoes have seen rain like I've never seen, mud, scrambling to the top of a cliff, rappelling down from the top, some clearing of brush and just overall terrain and weather you'd want a pair of hiking boots for. Apart from giving me wet feet after the first day (it rained like you've never seen and we were out in it for 6 hrs) I have no complaints, sure I've walked in them for three months straight / set in a gym numerous times / been biking / dropped food on them / gone ankle deep in mud / fell in a lake and generally abused the hell out of them.... AND despite ALL of the above and more the shoes may look like they've done a tour of Nam but they're still kicking and going strong.
That's pretty impressive in my book :) I'm not cleaning them, I'm not even being nice to them I'm just using them for stuff that they're probably not made for / used to. OK, there is some wear on them, and it's a common problem I have with shoes, I always wear out the right hand sole of a shoe on the heel, because that's the way I walk. These are no different, it's wearing, but it's not bald yet.
Once thing is for sure, I'm surprised they don't stink yet... oh and I can't wear them to work anymore. Work has a relaxed dress code, but after this weekend there is no way these shoes are going anywhere but the gym and the crag, they're dirrrrrrrrrrrrty
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