by Norris » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:53 am
Joining this thread kind of late, but my vote is for Five Ten Camp 4 approach shoes. They are super sticky on rock, and super comfortable even on 30+ mile hikes like this past weekend. The soles grip well in all conditions, they handled the occasional snow/ice patches on the Fuller ridge trail well. Before these, I wore the La Sportiva Exum Ridge model, also very good, but not that durable. I wore the La Sportivas all the way to Camp 1 on Aconcagua, but after that trip, they were toast. Which reminds me (thinking about all that red dirt) - you can wash the Five Ten Camp 4 on gentle setting, cold water in a front loading washing machine and air dry them and get them basically like new, I've done that a few times.