Climbing shoes should hurt….Wrong! Pro Climber Robbie Phillips busts 5 myths about climbing shoes which may be why you’ve been buying the wrong climbing shoe.

Are your climbing shoes too tight? It’s a common climbing problem often people don’t know how to choose climbing shoes for beginners and follow some bad climbing advice. We’ve teamed up with Scarpa to help you choose right climbing shoes for you - stay tuned for our other two videos in this series!

Check out www.scarpa.co.uk/blog for loads of helpful articles on how to choose climbing shoes for beginners, how climbing shoes should fit, and how climbing shoes are made.

Scarpa resoles - www.scarpa.co.uk/resole-service

Time Stamps
Intro 0:00
Myth 1: Shoes should hurt? 2:04
Myth 2: More Downturned is better 5:26
Myth 3: Soft shoes don’t last 7:02
Myth 4: Resoling ruins shoes 9:57
Myth 5: You can’t blame your shoes 13:02