Description of Scarpa Rockette Climbing Shoe - Women's:
Scarpa created the Rockette Women's Climbing Shoes to keep up with ladies who pull down on the hardest sport climbs and boulder problems. Their down-turned toes and ultra-sticky Vibram XS Grip rubber makes the worst footholds feel huge. Scarpa's X-tension system drives your foot forward to increase precision and feel while reducing slop in the ankle when you need to heel hook the arête on your boulder problem. The Rockette Climbing Shoes' hook-and-loop closures allow quick entry into the form-fitting, unlined suede uppers.
Bottom Line: Simplify the footwork on your next project by wearing the Scarpa Rockette Women's Climbing Shoes.
these are sure aggressive shoes, It really helps your foot into a point! reminds me back in the day when i would wear ballet point shoes. It really does help all the strength go to your bog toe. They really suck to walk around on flat though! but they performed really well when i demoed them out bouldering. you can really use that big toe to smear on little tiny nothings. They are leather so they will stretch out around a full size. The heal cup is not too deep. Las Sportivas heal cups are always too deep for me. These have lower volume heal cup to fit a women's smaller heal.
These shoes are sweet! I can stand on pretty much anything...the only problem is my unruly toes get a bit angry if I wear these for more than 15 minutes, but they are stretching. Its also a little harder to walk around with then being so downturned.
But for actual CLIMBING, they rock. Pun intended.
I sized down perhaps too much, as they've stretched and are still very tight, but even on plastic walls (inside) I can stand on a dime edge and move to the next hold, where in any other shoe I'd smear and use momentum. Toe jamming is a dream, the tiniest of holds seem like jugs, and toe/heel hooking is very effective in the rockette. I would recommend them to any girl climbing that wants to push the limits of technical climbing to a whole new level.
