Modern climbers have the opposite problem. Go to any outdoor recreation store and prepare to be overwhelmed by shelves of cutting-edge climbing shoes and marketing gibberish. That’s how I felt ...

This possibly led to the belief that a shoe that fits too tight or small was best. Possibly there was no alternative. Standard advice around 20+ years ago was to automatically buy climbing shoes ...

As climbing shoes become more specialized (and more expensive ... When purchasing synthetic shoes, it’s important to make ...

Hairy suede is one of the biggest trends in sneakers right now, and The North Face's fresh riff on their existing approach ...