Gear Review: Five Ten Anasazi Moccasym Climbing Shoes

I have climbed with these shoes all over, and while they are a great shoe for many applications, there are a couple of things that they're just not meant for. Because of their flat last and slipper style, they don't do too well on steep, overhanging routes. The flat last doesn't allow you to toe in very well on incut holds, and the slipper construction can tend to slip off while heel-hooking, at least in the way that I sized them. They also are not great for longer vertical routes -- at Smith Rock, for example, standing on tiny nubbins for eighty feet in these makes your feet tired pretty quickly. Since they're such a soft shoe, there's just not quite enough support to be able to stand on those little footholds all day without your feet getting tired.