Five Ten Guide Tennie Approach Shoe - Men's

 Brand : Five Ten
Item : FVT0005
If your idea of a relaxing weekend is a ten-mile approach to a thousand-foot fourth-class ridge climb, then the Five Ten Guide Tennie is definitely the approach shoe for you. This low-profile, lightweight shoe has a Stealth C4 sole–the same ultra-sticky rubber that's found on Five Ten climbing shoes. This shoe's incredible friction will make the approach slabs to Half Dome or a few pitches of 5.6 a walk in the park. Whether you're making a quick run up another North Cascades ridge climb or slacklining in Camp 4, your feet will be happy in the Guide Tennie.
Price: $94.95
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Five Ten Guide Tennie Approach Shoe - Men's



Five Ten Guide Tennies - great except the toes
I recently bought a pair of Five Ten Guide Tennies. I was very excited to use them because of the great reviews I read in the climbing magazines. I broke the shoes in on two easy hikes of only about 2 miles each. They fit well and felt solid and comfy. Then, I used the shoes for what I ordered them for: a one day ascent of the Nose route of El Capitan. After several pitches I noticed the sole on the right shoe was peeling back at the toe. After several more pitches both toes were peeling back. By the time we reached the top (16 hours from the start) both soles were peeled back at the toe a full inch. I'd be more understanding if these shoes were regular tennis shoes or something, but these are approach and climbing shoes. My friend Hans has Nike Cinder Cones and has climbed the Nose in them dozens of times. When we reached the summit of El Cap his old shoes were in better shape than my brand new shoes. I wish Five Ten would rework the toes on these shoes so that point where the sole meets the rand there is not a seam. Nike did this successfully with their Cinder Cones and it would be smart for Five Ten to learn from their no-seam design. Beyond that I am very, very happy with these shoes. They are so sticky I can walk up and down the steepest slabs and they never slip. I feel like Spider Man!


Great approach, light hiking shoes
Stealth Rubber makes a huge difference in traction for approaches and even steeper hiking. While it does not bite into the dirt as well as a trail-running shoe, you can walk up a 50-degree rock slab with no problems. They offer enough performance for easy 5th class climbing and are awesome on long 4th class routes. I have very wide feet and I sized up a ½ size with good results.


sticky rubber
Great shoes—comfy enough for the long hike in and sticky enough for bouldering and climbing. They’re my second pair.


Tennies
These shoes climb very well considering how comfortable they are. They do have a very narrow toe box. If you want to climb with these buy you typical street shoe size. If you want them to be a little more comfy for walking around, go up 1/2 size. I prevented the problem mentioned by a few others of the rubber peeling off before it happened by reinforcing all the seams with McNett Seam Grip. I apply seam grip to any shoe that I know will be taking some abuse.


These shoes are straight up Bull
I was pretty excited to get these shoes. I have heard that they are awesome for approaches and climb very well. I heard that the rubber on top of the toe comes off really easily, so I sealed around it with Freesole. After one day of use, the top rubber held strong with the extra goo I put on. The sole, however, peeled about 1/3 off of each shoe. This is after one day of use, just ONE DAY. These shoes suck, they suck major. I can tell you right now I will never buy another product made by 5.10.




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