Hi there,

I'm Tine, or about a dozen other names.

I've been climbing since I was 12 and I've been using the same shoes to do that in for most of that time.

I've been getting into climbing again after recovering from surgery.

Unfortunately upon completing my first V5 my old faithfuls have finally given up to ghost and ripped through the rubber on the right big toe.

Those of you who know climbing will understand this will heavily impact my ability to do harder climbs.

I'm already over my budget by a couple hundred pound rn due to paying for medication and therapy which I feel weird about asking money for.

So instead I'm asking for help buying new climbing shoes so I can keep climbing higher and better.

I'll likely get my new shoes from mile end climbing as there's several professionals there I trust.

I don't need these new shoes to be able climb but I'll have to instead focusing on doing drills on easier and simpler climbs and not progressing to anything that requires high skill footwork or smearing, so I would love it if you could help out.