Friday glee fangirls the Stone Monkey

[rydra_wong]

The Friday post of glee is where you get to tell us about your climbing-related happiness this week.

N.B. Please feel free to post your glee on any day of the week; the Friday glee is just to get the ball rolling.

To enhance this week's glee, we are kicking it old school: Al Harris and Henry Barber on the classic sea cliff route, A Dream of White Horses. And Barber and Pete Livesey on Liberator.

In other news, Johnny Dawes is still more hardcore than you. He's been semi-retired from doing hard stuff for a while, but now seems to be making a comeback with a vengeance. Here's a fine photo of him blowing away everyone at the Castle.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Nifty! I haven't tried those, but La Sportiva make some lovely shoes.

And the gist of the online reviews seems to be "comfy, but with a bit of an aggressive toe". Which is a nice combination if you can get it.

If the Tarantula doesn't suit you, another La Sportiva shoe that a lot of people love is the Katana -- it's a bit asymmetrical and a bit downturned, but not so much that it doesn't work as an all-round shoe.

[wpadmirer]

I've looked at the Katana, but I have trouble with shoes that have a downturn. I've got bone spurs on the bottoms of both big toe joints. Downturned shoes really aggravate the hell out of those. (sigh) So I'm hoping that I can get by with an aggressive toe!

[rydra_wong]

Bodies! Why must they be so unco-operative?

But yeah, in that case, "asymmetrical but flat" sounds like the thing to aim for.