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Further to a comment on another thread do you wear socks when wearing climbing shoes?

I never have, always barefoot, just because, well, just because!

Do you wear socks or not when climbing then?

only when I need to keep my feet warm

I started off with socks (big red woolly ones emulating Ron) then went sockless but for the last 3 or 4 years have gone back to wearing ordinary socks.

With hindsight this has had no effect on my climbing, I can still crank my way up diffs same as I always could

I wear a very thin pair of sports/ankle socks. Partly because I have very narrow feet but  also because it's just kinder on them

Bare feet - but not inside a shoe :o

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I have worn socks inside my climbing shoes for the last 5 years or so. I honestly think it has no effect on my climbing and is more comfortable and hygienic. I do sometimes feel like a permagumby as I also wear a helmet sport climbing. 

i sometimes wear socks. I recently found that wearing my shoes in a more relaxed fit with some woolly socks makes jamming my foot in cracks way more comfy, which means i can stay in the jam longer and this gives me more confidence.

That's my personal preference, for edging and smearing no socks is still the way to go. 

Just normal socks for me. Stops both my shoes and feet smelling bloody awful. 

How bad are the midges?

Socks are for punters.

Always socks. One has to keep up appearances

Always socks along with a monocle and a waistcoat. Saville row for me, none of this moon nonsense.

Same with sandals.

All this no-socks-with-sandals is for Johnny Foreigner.

I remember having a climbing partner who wore socks with climbing shoes. It didn’t work out as I could see his socks when he was leading. When he was seconding the problem wasn’t so bad. He would remove one of the socks when belaying, put it on his hand and do a passable impression of Emu,( the puppet of the late Rod Hull). It used to make changeovers annoying as ‘Emu’ would throw most of the gear over the edge and start fights.

I don’t have any other sock stories...

Do I win a prize for submitting the most facile and boring UKC post ever?

I find 70s style leg warmers the half way house here. Warm ankles but still can feel the edge.  I find these work particularly well with a bandana, a moustache is optional however.

Yes, Font 8a+ is indeed the punter grade. http://teamgoodchillaz.blogspot.fi/2014/04/lahiseutumatkaaja-kohtaa-localis...

Thin sports sock are all fine, even for harder cranking. And thicker ones on properly sized alpine rock shoes. No real hinderence, but on the bonus side the shoes won’t reek like a barrel full of rottien fish heads. 

Always socks on the ice, maybe over boots, for added adhesion on the verticals what? 

Knew this'd happen....

One sock. On your smaller foot...