Bouldering

[solobiker]

I know they will not be as high performance but I deffinately would not size them down too small. I have a pair of Mythos that I climbed in several years ago and I had sized them 3.5 sizes smaller. Granted they do stretch out and they are very sensitve to climb in however, I have mortons neuroma which made it far worse has the toe box is quite snug. I have spent a lot of time at Neptunes and talking with the climber there and a lot of the "older" guys climb in shoes that are comfortable...as in they don't have to stretch them out. I think I agree with them. I know this isn't exactly about bouldering but just thought I would give you my 2cents. my current shoes (I have 3 pair for various types of climbing) range from 1 to 1.5 smaller.

[KnottedYet]

I have a neuroma, too, so I really want a comfortable toe box. I wish the kids Mad Monkey was made in adult sizes! It has a natural toe box, which would not only make my neuroma happy, it would also let me use all my toes like being barefoot.

I didn't get to REI today, nor did I get to the free outdoor climbing wall. Maybe next week...

[solobiker]

I have had the most success with my mythos, the stretch a lot in width but not in length. They now make a women's version, but the mens would be wider. I haven't done too much bouldering, I have done a lot of alpine/trad climbing with DH. I need to do more bouldering to build up strength and power. Good luck on the hunt for the shoes...

[mountainchick]

if you find a pair of 5.10s you could have someone in socal go to the 5.10 outlet store for you....

ohhhhh...*drooooool* just thinking about it makes me miss socal...jtree, red rocks is close, yosemite is close...

sorry, that didn't contribute anything...but you got me missing climbing!

good luck though!