Any shoe can get you to the base of a climb, but the Evolv Women's Rex Approach Shoe packs the technical features to keep going. The sticky TRAX rubber outsoles include an edging platform to help you make you way on long 4th class ridges, so you don't have to cover a couple thousand feet in your tight climbing shoes. Evolv used tough leather uppers and rubber toe caps to make the Rex Approach Shoe burly enough for the hike and any wide crack pitches you encounter.
Bottom Line: Approach, climb, descend—all without changing your shoes.
Downfall- they look like a shoe that would only be worn by hipsters or your grandpa.
Pros- they are awesome shoes! Though I wouldn't lead at my limit in them, I've climbed and lead crack, slab, and face routes in them and found them surprisingly sticky and sensitive. In addition, they make sketchy 3rd or 4th class terrain a breeze. Plus, I ran about 8 miles in them when I forgot my other shoes and they felt fine.
