Climbing Shoes VA Employees

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Climbing Shoes Quiz

Test your knowledge about climbing shoes and find the perfect fit for your climbing style! This comprehensive quiz covers everything from shoe types to materials, helping you understand the nuances that make a difference in your climbing experience.

  • Learn about foot volume and shoe stiffness.
  • Identify the best shoes for different climbing scenarios.
  • Enhance your knowledge on climbing shoe brands and models.
24 Questions6 MinutesCreated by ClimbingFocus101
Name:
Foot Volume Refers to
Men's Shoes
The shape of your feet
The size of your feet
Women's Shoes
Stiffer Rubbers work better for the following climb types
Multi-pitch
Face/Vert
Roofs
Your 15th climb of the day
Pockety Limestone
Burden of Dreams (V17)
Slabs
Softer Rubbers work well for
Smearing routes
Slabs
Sport Climbing
Bouldering roofs
Those with good footwork
High Volume Days
Multipitch Climbing
Those with bad footwork
Return of the Sleepwalker (V17)
Pockety Sandstone
Routes that require lots of sensitivity
Very new climbers
All La Sportiva Shoes run narrow
True
False
Five Ten Shoes Generally provide a better fit for those with Wider feet
True
False
The following are good options for Crack climbing shoes
La Sportiva TC Pros
Evolv Kronos
La Sportiva Solutions
Evolv The General
Black Diamond Aspect
La Sportiva Cobras
Butora Acro
Scarpa Instinct VSR
5.10 Moccasyms
5.10 Hiangle
If you don't know much about shoes and you are working front desk, you should...
Offer the customer suggestions
Wait till they ask a question and then find someone who might know the answer
Read the 101 while you have some down time
Tell them to just buy Miuras
Use the Cheat Sheet to try your best to answer questions they do have
The most important feature of a speed climbing shoe is that it must be good for _________
Great Options for entry level shoes that we keep in stock are:
Scarpa Veloce
La Sportiva Finale
Evolv Endeavor
Evolv Oracle
Scarpa Origin
Butora Endeavor
La Sportiva Tarantulace
Evolv Kronos
Evolv Brava
Shoes can be returned as long as they only have minor scuffing
True
False
The following are great Bouldering shoes that we keep in stock
Scarpa Veloce
Scarpa Instinct VSR
La Sportiva Solution
Butora Acro
La Sportiva Mythos
La Sportiva Tarantula
Evolv Supra
Evolv Shakra
Evolv Oracle
Scarpa Drago
Which of these would make great Slab Multipitch Shoes
La Sportiva Mythos
La Sportiva Solution
Butora Acro
La Sportiva Tarantula
Evolv Rave
La Sportiva TC Pro
Butora Mantra
Evolv Kira
BD Aspect
5.10 Moccasym
Butora Acro
5.10 Hiangle
If a customer wants to order Butora Narsha's, and have bought them in the past (so they come up in RGP), they don't need to pay a deposit
True
False
You should generally size down less for:
Newer Climbers
Softer shoes
Stiffer rubbers
Natural Materials
Shoes with Laces
Shoes with Velcro Straps
The most important piece of information you can get from a customer when suggesting shoes is
Their street shoe size
Their foot volume
What their climbing goals are
Their Current shoe and how it has served them
These are all great choices for Resolers
Rand Repair
Onsight Resole
Friction Fix
Sole Brothers
Yosemite Bum
Rubber Righters
Mr. Rubber
Rock n' Resole
You can tell a shoe is a women's shoe if it is a more feminine color
True
False
If someone doesn't like their current pair of shoes, They should probably try a different brand
True
False
Which of the following are popular soft rubbers
5.10 Stealth C4
Vibram XS Edge
Vibram XS Grip2
Scarpa S7-2
Evolv Trax SAS
La Sportiva Frixion
Evolv TRAX XE
Boreal Zenith
The Following are popular Stiff Rubbers
Unparallel RA
Vibram XS Grip2
Black Diamond Fuse
Mad Rock Science Friction
Vibram XS Edge
5.10 Stealth Mi6
Evolv TRAX XE
La Sportiva Frixion
The downside to Straps over laces is that they don't secure the heel very well, which makes it more likely the heel will slip out while heel hooking
True
False
We do not offer customers the option of buying shoes from 5.10, Tenaya, or Mad Rock
True
False
More advanced shoes generally have thicker rubber to improve durability when smearing
True
False
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