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Scarpa Feroce

Scarpa Feroce

scarpa_feroce_shoes_parrotIn footwear every company uses the mold that they think represents the most perfect of feet.  And, of course, they are all wrong.  So the first disclaimer is that anyone who likes or dislikes a climbing shoe must to some degree fit that shoe.  I have flat medium width feet with short hairy toes and a bony narrow heel. 

These are simply the most comfortable, aggressive, excel-at-everything shoe I’ve ever used in 15 years of climbing.   They firmly turned my toes downward without torquing any knuckles.  They edge on nubbins due to shoe shape and a little disc of plastic in the toe, supportively toe into thin granite cracks, and, for me, avoid the end of day foot fatigue I’ve had in other shoes.   I’ll credit my last onsight to the Feroces and a soft grade ;)