First off there is the climbing harness, this is the core of everything that happens when you climb, for those who dont know what it is i have included a picture of one below. Mine is made by Plack Diamond a well known and respted climbing company. I have been using the harness since Christmas of 2000 and it has been working great ever since. The gear will last that long as long as it is taken care of and not thrown around or walked on etc.
After the harness comes the shoes, they have got to be the most un comfortable things on the planet, and thoughn I have not ever worn heels, I believe that I can safely say that they are more uncomfortable than them. Climbing shoes have no tread at all, thay are completly smooth and have very soft sticky rubber on the bottom of them. This allows them to stick like glue to any hard, pourous, or non-porous surface. the reason that they are so unfomfortable is because how tight they need to be effective. My shoes are super tight (my tennis shoes are a size 12-13 depending on the shoe, I rock climb in a size 10) this tightness allows your foot to become a sticky stump that one can jam into cracks shove into holds and stick to features. Ill include a picture of the shoes below next to the harness so people can see them.
TO BE CONTINUED
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