Slipper of climbing

A slipper of climbing is a Chaussure especially conceived and carried for the practice of the Escalade. In order to improve foot by Friction hangs it on an artificial wall of climbing or on rock, the slipper is covered with a layer of gum. Usually, the slippers make only some Millimètre S thickness and hold the foot in a very tight way.

The powerful slippers have a sole with a vulcanized special gum which becomes flexible whereas it heats with the friction. That largely improves surface between the slipper and the rock, providing the best then hangs for the climbing one. The gum extends until on the sides from the slipper for more possibilities of hangs, although the thickness is finer there because it does not have to support as much weight. The gum being relatively flexible, it is likely to be torn or perforated by rough surfaces of rock, and it is not unusual of ressemeler regularly its favorite pair of slipper; what can be carried out by a specialized craftsman or with a kit.

One distinguishes three types of slippers of climbing:

the slippers with high stem , which maintain until the ankle. It is about the first type of slippers of climbing, made popular to France by the model Pierre Al in 1948. Comfortable, they nevertheless from now on are not used almost more because of their lack of precision.
the slippers with low stem , which stop with the malleolus of ankle and are maintained by laces or scratchs. It is about the model more used.
the ballerinas , which are slippers with low stem maintained by elastic bands. They are generally supple and comfortable slippers, perhaps less precise than the slippers with low stem with laces.

Certain slippers have an asymmetrical form so that the climbing ones can hold on edges smaller than with symmetrical slippers. The slippers of climbing are not adapted to walk, thus the climbing ones in outside usually transport them to the foot of the rocks or cliffs.

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