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Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:00 am**

i recently acquired a pro-deal for la sportiva shoes. i was wondering if there any shoes that people have had that they didn't like at all? any shoes they loved and had them resoled a few times?

i was looking at the katanas and have tried them on before but am wondering what other people think of them.
http://www.sportiva.com/products/climbing/katana.html#

i was just getting able to flash 5.10''s consistently before i hurt my wrist bouldering. my mad rocks are shot and all i'll be using them for is sport and bouldering. any suggestions? thanks in advance.

sorry, i can only order one pair of shoes every six monthes so i can't hook you up

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Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:13 am**

I have a beef with sportiva. I bought a pair of katanas and the left shoe was totally shot after a month. I've never had a pair of shoes blow out so fast. I also sent an email to sportiva complaining about the problem. They did nothing, screw 'em.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:14 am**

i just sent a pair of katanas to be resoled. i hope they still fit well. i loved the shoes after i put a couple weekends on em they were great. sensitivity and good fit without sizing down too much. if they don't fit right when i get the resoles back, i'll buy a new pair.
i do like my evolve's. (i forget the model name. they're all black with velcro) i got them a little small and they don't seem to be stretching, if i get another pair i'll get em just a hair bigger.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:40 am**

miuras are it, hands down.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:50 am**

mythos are not it

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:56 am**

Miura's are cool, I wear them for trad mostly. Katana's are what I wear for just general use and most bouldering. I just got a pair of the testarosas and I really like them so far for *project* type climbing.

Wes

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:59 am**

muiras and Venom

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:36 am**

mythos are an awesome starter shoe...but that's about it

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:22 am**

i think i have it narrowed down to the muiras or katanas, i'm flatfooted and am a little weery to buy shoes i haven't tried on before. do the muiras fit like the katanas and other sportiva shoes?

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:24 am**

you should call around to try on stuff...maybe Phillip Gall's...J&H...i think even Rock Quest up here in Cincy has katanas...don't know about muiras though