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crack climbing socks/gaiters 26-Sep-2016 At 3:51:28 PM TimP

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On 26/09/2016 technogeekery wrote:
>TimP / Philipivan - Bogong have very limited sizes in stock, so not much
>opportunity to swap if they don't fit. How much stretch have you had since
>you bought them? I'd like to size them comfortably, but have done that
>with boots before that subsequently became unusably sloppy due to unlined
>uppers stretching. I have a pair of La Sportiva Mythos (44.5) that were
>perfect when I bought them and now just roll off small holds.

I wear them pretty loose as suits my climbing style… sadly not at TC level, so haven't noticed any stretch. They are unlined so theoreticatly could stretch, thought the slingshot rand covers a lot of the shoe sides. The tongue is well padded, part of the comfort, so can adapt to different foot volumes.The lacing pattern seems good to crank them on and the padded tongue helps with this too. No noticeable tongue padding collapse yet. Not much instep shaping — fairly flat inside. I got a comfortable length fit so not sure how they'd be if fitted tight lengthways.
I lost my mojo for the perfect shoe when climbing with a friend who climbed an 18 in old approach shoes that I could't do the first move on!