
Why are my climbing shoes so slippery?
When do you feel your shoes are slippery? Is it when you are climbing on slabs, or in general when placing your foot on a hold even in an overhang?
I have a pair of shoes that feel extremely slippery, it's so bad that I have barely worn them for the past few years, they are basically new. They slip on almost every thing I try to stand on, regardless of if it's a slab or even a volume thats on a neutral flat wall. I thought maybe it was because of me not committing or trusting my feet (hence why I ask if it's only when you are climbing on slabs), but when I used my other shoes they stuck like magic.
The soles of my shoes are very smooth and hard, it feels almost like plastic in a way. I believe this is what is causing me to slip. My thought is to just send them in for either a resole (even though they are new and have no damage because I never wore them), or to get them roughened up a bit, I think there is a service for that as well.









