Vasque Kletter Shoe

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  1. Tom Fremont says:

    See these or perhaps originals in ” The Eiger Sanction “. Unmistakable!

    • Curator says:

      Yes, Clint climbs in a pair of similar boots. I’m not sure if they are kronhoffers or Vasque or maybe even Pivettas. Maybe I’ll get the DVD out and take a closer look.

  2. I still have my original Kronhoffer Kletterschuhes from 1959, with the MARWA klettersole. The rubber was as hard as a rock, but I climbed some very difficult routes with them over the years.

  3. Warren Mauter says:

    In the early ’80’s I bought 3 pairs of Vasque Kletterschuhes when a mountain shop was closing. The price was … $10 each. I saved them and only wore them for ‘special social occasions’. Climbers knew immediately how special they were and they always were the topic of many discussion over ‘another beer’. When I switched to a ‘new pair for good’, I would wear the ‘old ones’ with hiking shorts or jeans. Even then people would stop and ask where I got them. I am on my last pair. The rubber is hard as granite but I still wear them with a little pride and still get a lot of complements though there are fewer and fewer who know their significance.

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