Why hinder their progress with some ill-fitting antiquated insensitive piece-of-shit board-lasted trad shoe?
That’s the advice they keep getting here at least. New to climbing? Go get a really *ill-fitting* shoe. Just because shoes are stiff doesn’t mean that they won’t fit well. I think this gets back to the issue of figuring out what your weaknesses are. For a beginner that hasn’t ever thought about placing his/her feet precisely, that extra sensitivity may not buy them much as they struggle to hit relatively big holds with any part of their foot at all. At the same time, the reduced durability in a thinner shoe means you burn through shoes much faster, which I guess is no big deal if you’re rich enough to do that. The same is true for a really tight fit. Worth it if you think that the added foot sensitivity would make a difference in your climbing, not worth it if you can’t climb routes that don’t have parking lot ledges on them anyway. From: Marcos It is not that I cannot take the pain, I have participated in many other activities in wich some pain was expected at least as a begginer but
