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I am new to climbing and recently bought a pair of Boreal Aces at the suggestion of a friend who climbs. I will mostly climb indoors and am wondering if these shoes will be sufficient for me as a new climber...I would ask my friend, but he is out of town for a while....any help would be greatly appreciated...

In reply to Anonymous:
Okay I just registered and would like to add to my above post....should I look into getting a different shoe for now? Basically, I am looking for a shoe that I can learn with and will be able to last me for a while until I know what I want type of climbing I want to do....

In reply to HCK: This may be a really obvious answer, but here goes anyway - take 'em down the climbing wall and try them out. You'll soon see if they're the right ones for u or not

In reply to Niall:
The reason I thought I would ask is if the answer was a horrendous no, then I could return them w/o having used them

In reply to Anonymous:

Boots are good for beginners, if you intend to follow the righteous path of a good knarly grit trad foundation.
Personally I found aces hampered my foot work. And a slightly more sensitive pair may be better.

However, virtually all beginners have lousy footwork and almost without exception you will trash a first pair very quickly. So that said, in 6 months you'll be more skilled, more knowledgeable, & better informed, then you will want to spend some more money. Just keep the cost down, and make sure they are really comfy.

In reply to HCK:

Are they comfortable to wear round the house but tight enough that there are no spaces in them? Can you get a thin pair of socks on with them? If you can say yes to all these you may look at these reviews of them. They seem to be a good all day shoe so you should not wear them out too fast;

http://www.gearshark.com/cgi-bin/content.pl?c_id=1&to_url=http%3A%2F%2F...

http://www.epinions.com/otdr-review-755B-D9B1047-382DD5DD-prod1

http://www.rockfax.com/rocktalk/t.php?t=7001