REVIEW OF SALEWA - Women's Wildfire GTX - Approach shoes

Hi Guys or Girls,

Sandra just wanted to give her personal review on her Salewa-Women's Wildfire GTX Approach shoes.

It is already the third pair of these approach shoes that she bought in the last 10 years.

Most important reason for her is the perfect balance between being a lightweight approach shoe and still sturdy enough for real demanding tracks and rock. With these GTX shoes you can count on their reliability in all weather conditions. They stay even dry when passing rainy grass areas. She is using the shoes in both warm and cold weather conditions without any problems just adapting her socks when required. So please size them correctly for winter socks. In summer, the shoes breath sufficiently to keep cool. The sole feels very secure on rocky surfaces when scrambling up to your climbing routes. The climbing zone on the toes even can give some additional support when climbing small passages.

Every 4 years of service and using them quite intense during every climbing weekend on rock approaches the shoes now are being used as mountain biking shoes where they get really worn out. Nevertheless, very good shoes.

San bought already here new pair of Wildfire GTX and continues to use them.

Thanks to Salewa for making these magnificent shoes.

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Sandra with her first pair

 

Old Shoes

New Shoes

Introducing our Trad Rack; Black Diamond, Camp, Wild Country, Trango.

Hi, we are Sandra and Jan a couple forming the 2 Small Adventurers. We love to be outdoors and do all kind of adventure activities.  One of our favorite activities is “trad” climbing. It started in the early 90’s when I switched from “speleology climbing” to sport climbing. I got fascinated by a trad climbing course which I did with Mark and Rowland Edwards in Spain and became immediately addicted. Both San and I we love to do crack routes from micro width to off width. We are by no means experts or pro’s but just two recreation climbers that want to have trad adventures next to our regular sport climbing adventures. Don’t get us wrong we still love to do sport climbing routes with bolted protection. Please check this blogsite per country where we climbed traditional routes if you want to see some pictures.

Germany: Ettringen and the Pfalz

Italy: Cadarese

France: Annot

Spain: Costa Blanca Area

Denmark: Bornholm

Sweden:  Bohuslän

So we have been climbing trad routes for quite some time now and built up our trad rack over the years, beginning small with a limited rack. As the gear is quite expensive for a private climber it is important to choose the correct one’s for your purposes and take good care of your equipment.

Meanwhile we have a full double set of cams from smallest to the largest. With some, smaller ones maybe triple. Than off course the stoppers or nuts and some specials. Like ball nuts.

Friends or Cams.  We use  Camelot C4, Camelot C3, Camelot X4 X4 from Black Diamond

Ball Nuts.  use Camp Ball Nuts

Stoppers or Nuts. We use some classic ones from Wild County and new Micro Stoppers nuts from Black Diamond 

Some Big off-width equipment Big Bro 4 from Trango

We use also slings and cordoletts for belaying or in between relays.

If you want we can give reviews of our equipment in more detail with some tips. Please leave a comment in this blog or send us an e-mail or go to our You Tube channel and leave a comment there. Or better please subscribe and ring the notification bell to see videos of us.

2 Small Adventurers 

Thanks Sandra and Jan from 2 Small Adventurers and Jan-San-Climbing

Scarpa Mago Climbing Shoe Review

Hi,

We just wanted to give our review on the Scarpa Mago's that we bought somewhere back in 2009. We both bought them during a sale in a climbing gym in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The size might have been slightly on the small side but they became quickly more comfortable when using them. As soon as the noose became a little less edgy and round, immediately the nice down turn nose became very accurate as well as indoors and outdoor routes. The nice stiff sole gave good support to stand on the smallest foot holds and giving us a kind feeling of being more in control on the rock. More and more they became our best shoes ever for indoor and outdoor climbs regardless the type of routes and rock. The upper layer of leather and the tow nose of rubber gave excellent protection when climbing traditional cracks. Great feet jamming! It might sound strange but we became very attached to them and have resoled them a couple of times which did not give any disadvantages.

Now after 8 years of service and the nose showing big holes and although the upper leather part is still looking fine we regretfully think we have to say goodbye to them.

San bought already here new pair of Mago’s and continues to use them.

Thanks Scarpa for making these magnificent shoes. 1. Scarpa Mago, 2. Scarpa Mago, 3. Scarpa Mago

San on the Scarpa Mago in 2013

8 years of Great Service

Big Bro from Trango

Yes finally it is in. My first Big Bro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEVXl7g9kg



I had to search and wait quit a while for getting this nice peace of gear.

Reason for this was because it is not sold in Europe because of the missing CE certification and markings.

Nevertheless now I can follow my offwidth aspirations although I still will be a beginner. 

I hope I can find positions to place it as the Big Bro 4# is slightly bigger than our Cam 6 that was often too small.

You will be hearing soon the outcome.