Since we've been able to cut down the time to sew a prototype from about 10 hours to 5 with our sewing machine, there has been a flurry of new shoes; my current favorite is the "Vomit Comet"... named for its color.
The "Vomit Comet" offers more smearing area than anything we have but our old 5.10 lace-up Coyotes, and it edges as well as Mak's Miuras. The down-side: it's hard to tell if you've tightened it down too far until you get your feet on the rock. I guess there are worse problems to have than a prototype working too well...
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LAURA SHUMAKER
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