How uncomfortable must boulder shoes be? – Diepresse.com
The Ondra Comp from La Sportiva looks sleek and sits tightly, as it should be for a climbing shoe.
Bouldering shoes have to be uncomfortable, you know. The La Sportiva Ondra Computal fulfills this criterion. The designer actually looked down something on the crocs, the supposedly very comfortable plastic shoes: « He wanted to recreate this super grip on the sole, which is soft but still not.
No, but seriously, a bouldering shoe has to sit firmly, and that this is not a comfort shoe, but designed for maximum precision should also be clear. At the latest when you recognize on the name that work was done with top climbers Adam Ondra. When you put on, you can tell that the shoe is designed for maximum performance and voltage.
The Ondra Compr is also clearly aimed at ambitious and advanced to professional climbers who are traveling in the competition and indoor area. He is rather unsuitable for beginners, says Pfisterer, « it would be as if you were giving a car with 300 hp for a newcomer to a newcomer to driving license. »
The strength of the shoe lies in the edge stability, the appearance on small kicks is very precise. The sole hardly gives up, which enables maximum power transmission. Despite the high preload, the shoe remains surprisingly sensitive, you can feel well what happens under your feet. Maximum control is particularly evident on volume.
The shoe also convinces visually. A successful high-performance product that will probably only come across with little love for beginners. After all, you don’t start with gymnastics with pointed shoes. (BSch)
