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anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 23, 2008, 07:33:37 pm
got a fucked toe and not climbing is killing me. i'm wondering if i could tick over in a pair of these or something similar. any first-hand experiences welcome. ta.

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#1 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 23, 2008, 09:02:03 pm
I've climbed West Side Story in them. Shick-a-dink.

Also lent them to Honnold who'd forgotten his boots; he did Thumbellina in them.

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#2 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 23, 2008, 09:07:19 pm
I've got a pair, and have been pretty good scrambling around. Not climbed in them yet, but i think they would be ok. They don't feel very sturdy but apparantly they do last.

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#3 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 23, 2008, 09:26:02 pm
Only on plastic when setting and warming up on easy problems and they seem to work fine. Not sure about anything hard though- but you shouldn't worry, beasts can climb in anything  ;)

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#4 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 23, 2008, 10:00:53 pm
but you shouldn't worry, beasts can climb in anything  ;)

fair dinkum.  ;D

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#5 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 24, 2008, 10:51:59 am
I found guide tennies great but you have to fit them small to really get a climbing fit. problem is they have no longitudinal support which is probably what you'll need. my current ones (prodigy) are stiffer but the toe profile/rubber edge is wacker for climbing and clumpy.

ideally what you really want is something low profile and light with a carbon fibre midsole stiffener, or failing that, some of these.

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#6 Re: anyone climbed in 5.10 daescents?
December 24, 2008, 03:12:53 pm
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