[St Hubbins]

Anyone else own too many pairs of climbing shoes?

My wife say's I'm like Jackie Onassis as I have 3 pairs in my bag and 4 "unworn or saving for a special problem/route" in the wardrobe.

I also have about 4 pair of old worn boots that are for DWS.

How many pairs do you guys have floating about?

[slackline]

Five or six floating around in various states of (dis-)repair.

[tomtom]

Two pairs that I use and three old pairs that are holed/no use.

[chillax]

6 pairs, climbing 3 years. 4 functional, 2 essentially useless but I can't bear to throw them out!

[St Hubbins]

So none waiting to be worn?

Ok, how do i change my profile name to Imelda Marcos?

[chillax]

I have a pair of dragons I wear very sparingly, as they're like fucking gold dust in Ireland! After 6 months they still smell new.

[Jaspersharpe]

So none waiting to be worn?

Ok, how do i change my profile name to Imelda Marcos?

Having four pairs stockpiled for later use is a tad excessive! Only ever had that many when they were free. Speaking of which, where is Nibs? This thread is made for him.

[magpie]

There's no such thing as too many pairs of shoes.  I have 5 pairs of climbing shoes, which I don't think is bad at all, although I only actually wear 1 pair at the moment cause the rest either don't fit / aren't broken in well enough 

Until you get well into double figures there is no issue, people need different shoes for different problems / types of climbing, it's sensible really 

It may be best to ignore me on shoe related matters though, last time I counted I was nearly into triple figures with regular shoes 

[robertostallioni]

2 Pairs in the shed, 1 for climbing and a holey pair for foot on campussing.
3 Outdoor pairs. 5.10 Velcro, lace up & green laceup.
2 Comp shoes, 5.10 Dragons and Jet 7's
4 pairs in my wall bag, Toe-down Nepa's, knacked Venoms, old Mantra S's and 5.10 blue slippers.
Another 5 pairs of older shoes with the left toe gone through either waiting for shed use or handing over to Leeds Wall for the punters to finish off....

2 new pairs on order.
5.10 projects & LaSportiva Speedsters. Oh yeah.

[chillax]

 

[St Hubbins]

Ahh a fellow hoarder! My list is...

Climbing bag: 1 pair of Boreal Zens, 1 pair Mad rock flash for smearyness and trashing, 1 pair Boreal Mutants for indoor training.

Wardrobe: 1 pair back up Boreal Pyros & Zens, 1 pair Boreal Falcons, 1 pair boreal Crux

DWS bag: Mad rock mugens - hole in toe, 5.10 Zlippers -ok, boreal pyros - toe almost gone, Boreal Stingers - toe almost gone but i will never get rid of those bad boys

[robertostallioni]

I remember, well about 7-8 years ago in the Foundry, a box of shoes appeared in the Crag X shop. Jerry was getting rid of his old stash and they were all available for about 5-10 quid. I'm generally about a 7 rockshoe but these were all about a 9(ish). I remember a pair of stingers, but soft like the 'new' matrix. Jerry had,I recall, a hand in the design and requested a pair with no midsole. There was also a pair of those Boreal Indo's with the grey 'indoor' sole. Was tempted to get a random pair to put under my pillow etc.(not to sniff or scuttle as such) but just as memorabilia from the man himself. But I didn't.

[andymarshll]

Coronas, a dying pair of venoms and scarpa stix for the wall,

Vipers and testarossas for the real deal

V10s (which i will probably avoid using forever to keep them safe from harm) and dragons in waiting.

various gone throught the toe shoes for messing about in, and some just in cupboards.

[SA Chris]

1 easy wall pair - knackered Mugens
1 harder wall pair - Evolv Defy - just gone through toe

1 easy outdoor pair - brand new Evolv Defy
1 hard outdoor pair - Mugens (slightly smaller - new)
1 hard outdoor pair - Mugens (worn in)

in cupboard
1 x Pink 5.10 lace ups (shot)
1 x old red 5.10 slippers (shot)
1 x Mugens (shot)
1 x Chilli Corona VCRS (too big, probably sell)

Had a pair of Boreal Aces, but gave to Will to go with his retro tights.

[webbo]

in bag
1 pair kantanas
1 pair velcro myiras
1 pair 5.10 t rocks
in car
1 pair 5.10 velcros
2 pairs of kantanas with holes in right toe
1 pair of v10s worn once
in garage
1 pair 5.10 moccasins
2 pairs of knackered 5.10 velcros

[nik at work]

What the fuck is wrong with you people?
1 pair of 5.10 green lace-ups, end of.

(although there are brief periods where I have two pairs as one dies off to be seamlessly replaced by a new pair)

[Stabbsy]

Think I should show this thread to my girlfriend, she seems to think I'm the only one with footwear issues - although I can't compete with the volume of non-climbing footwear that she's got.

2 pairs of Boosters (1 wearing in, 1 wearing out)
2 pairs of Katanas (same story)
1 pair of Miuras (knacked)
1 pair of Miura VX (new-ish)
1 pair of Green Anasazi (worn in and ready for action)
1 pair of Anasazi Velcros (old and painful)

I still think there room for another couple in the cupboard......

[SA Chris]

What the fuck is wrong with you people?
1 pair of 5.10 green lace-ups, end of.

The majority is sane

[Drew]

I feel a bit rubbish

In bag (for indoors and outdoors)
2 x 5.10 Anasazi VCS (1 old, 1 new)
1x 5.10 Anasazi Verde (still quite new)

In cupboard
1 x Red Chilli X-Cube (too big but damn cheap)
2 x 5.10 Anasazi VCS (knackered, but can't bear to throw them away)

That's it. I might cut up some of the old 5.10's and stick the rubber over the top of the toe for hooking.

[etjoset]

This thread has prompted me to dig out my special box from the attic wherein I found no less that 28 pairs of top quality rock boots (boots used advisedly) including Boreal Fires, Scarpa Crag Rats, Super Rats, those Scarpa purple and green things from about 1988, Asolo Onsights, Boreal Aces, Boreal Lasers (6 pairs). Coming more up to date there are 12 pairs of 5.10 pinks, 2 pairs of Newtons, 2 pairs of T Rocks and a pair of Verdes. This little collection doesn't include my original pair of EBs and a pair of fetching red and yellow Hanwags (with heals) that reside in a cupboard at my parents house (Lord alone only knows why they haven't thrown them away after 27 years).

In my day bag I currently have 2 pairs of Verdes, 1 pair of Dragons and 1 pair of V2s.

[Drew]

Your attic must smell quite bad! 2 pairs of Newtons? I think one single Newton (not even a full pair) is usually enough to make a normal sized room smell so bad, even climbers can't survive!

[Richie Crouch]

I thought I had too many but not so it appears!

Outdoor shoes: 1 x 5.10 5X & 1 x Sportiva Solutions
Indoor: 1 x 5.10 Jet 7 (1 holey), 1 x Sportiva solution (holes), 1 x 5.10 V10 (holes), 1 x 5.10 Anasazi blue (1 holey), 1 x Sportiva Cobra (knackered)
In Shed: 1 x 5.10 old Anasazi Velcro (dead), 1 x Scarpa Marathon (shit!)
On Order: Madrock Hooker EZ

Not too bad apart from all the old knackered shows I have for indoors 

[GCW]

1x Fires, battered and re-soled.  Never use them now for some reason.
1x 5.10 Asymms that bagged out loads and rarely get worn
4x 5.10 Pinks with varying sized holes in them
1x la Sportiva Vipers (the old blue ones), battered and re-soled.  Currently at my Dad's for when I visit.
2x 5.10 Verdes, one new pair and one battered pair.
1x 5.10 Dragons, used as required.

10 pairs ain't too bad.....

[SA Chris]

This thread has prompted me to dig out my special box from the attic wherein I found no less that 28 pairs of top quality rock boots (boots used advisedly) including Boreal Fires, Scarpa Crag Rats, Super Rats, those Scarpa purple and green things from about 1988, Asolo Onsights, Boreal Aces, Boreal Lasers (6 pairs). Coming more up to date there are 12 pairs of 5.10 pinks, 2 pairs of Newtons, 2 pairs of T Rocks and a pair of Verdes. This little collection doesn't include my original pair of EBs and a pair of fetching red and yellow Hanwags (with heals) that reside in a cupboard at my parents house (Lord alone only knows why they haven't thrown them away after 27 years).

In my day bag I currently have 2 pairs of Verdes, 1 pair of Dragons and 1 pair of V2s.

Pic?

That's a veritable museum.

[Jim]

in bag:
green lace up, dragons, velco's and some boreals for the wall

big box full of loads of old shoes in the garage for use on the board