RARE La Sportiva GANDA Approach Rock Climbing Shoes 44 Men's 10.5 Women's 11.5

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RARE La Sportiva GANDA Approach Shoes
Good luck finding size 44 Gandas! These are well used but they're Gandas and they're good for more resoles andmany more miles.
Size EU 44 Men 10.5 Women's 11.5
Condition:
I'm the original owner of these. They've been used a lot and resoled once with 5.10 C4 Stealth rubber. There's some sole left, see the pis for details. The shoes are intact, they have some loose stitches, worn areas, they're well used. I was still climbing in them and would continue to do so but my feet have gotten larger and these were feeling too small. With some seam sealer these shoes will be good for years and more resoles. I have 3 other pairs and they're indestructible. I've resoled one par 5 times now. message with any questions.
A bit more about Gandas
, although if you're looking at these I'm sure you already know how great they are.. Sportiva's idea for the Ganda was a "spare no expense" approach to designing the best possible approach shoe. What they came up with was a shoes that is slip lasted in the front (like a climbing shoe) and board lasted in the back like a tennis shoe. This was the first shoe to use this design and also the last as far as I know. It turned out to be a very expensive shoe to produce and they did not end up being a profitable because of that. They retailed for around 0 in the early 2000s, which adjusted for inflation is around 0 today - that puts into perspective how expensive these were when the originally came out. Back then most approach shoes were around -0. This shoe is in my opinion the best approach shoe ever made, and is one of my absolute favorite climbing shoes. I own 4 pairs in 3 sizes for different types of climbing. I use them primarily for climbing, and for some styles they climb as well as or better than a dedicated climbing shoe.
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