carolyn Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 Well, I got a new pair of shoes today, because I cant seem to mend the hole in my mythos and I cant fathom the idea of not climbing for three weeks while I wait to get them resoled. I chose the scarpa reflexes for a couple reasons. One biggie...because it was one of the few we had in my size at the store. They are actually a perfect fit. I would have liked to squeeze into those ananazi lace ups, tho. Oh well. Also, because they seem to serve a different purpose than my mythos. I tried 'em out in our climbing cave before I purchased them. Should have known better...its so freakin greasy down there. VERY VERY different from my mythos because of the ?board? in the soles. It was strange to not feel much contact to the rock around my toes I was a bit nervous as I handed my paycheck over in exchange for the shoes. Hopefully they are like ice tools, in the sense that you get 'used' to the way they feel. It was getting dark, but I just couldnt wait until tomorrow evening, so I headed accross town to a bouldering/traversing area outside. Good thing I had my head lamp! I took a run along an easier portion. Not too bad. The edging was awesome! Smearing...hard to say. Not great, but I think the verdict will come in that regards once I do some vertical climbs...and once they wear in a bit. I was a bit tentative with getting my foot into some cracks. Not as bad as I thought. The verdict is still out on that one as well. I ran down to the beginning of the wall where there are some more difficult bouldering/traversing problems. Ive had to work at getting some of these problems down. To my suprise they were suddenly MUCH easier with these shoes ( I know its not possible to improve that much overnight). Again,the edging on practically needle sized holds was incredible! I look forward to getting out and doing some real climbing with these shoes in the next couple days. I will, however, miss my mythos quite a bit while they are getting resoled. Anyone else have these shoes? What do ya think of 'em? Quote
lummox Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 pla-ce-bo. works for 2/3rds of the population. Quote
carolyn Posted July 25, 2003 Author Posted July 25, 2003 lummox said: pla-ce-bo. works for 2/3rds of the population. Its late over here...or maybe Im just a little dense. huh? Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 To my suprise they were suddenly MUCH easier with these shoes placebo effect... you mentally make soemthing seem better becasue you want it too... commonly called the sugar pill for its use in the medical world... Quote
carolyn Posted July 25, 2003 Author Posted July 25, 2003 Mine as well take what I can get, eh? Goes to show what a positive attitude can do for ya. Seriously though, I went into the bouldering a bit skeptical of the shoes and NOT trusting my feet. I dont believe there was much of a placebo affect going on. Thanks for clarifying. Quote
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