Evolv cruzer - Evolv Cruzer Approach Shoe - Mens

I recently used my Cruzers and was generally impressed with the shoes. As advertised, the shoes serve a multi purpose roll as an approach shoe and are stylish enough to wear out on the town with shorts or slacks. On rock, I was particularly impressed with how sticky the soles were. The soles are very sticky and performed excellent on easy 5th class rock. The Cruzers are a minimalist shoe; very light weight but where you save on weight you give up on cushion. They are great going up, especially clipped to a harness, but coming down I feel like my knees took a beating; but that's the trade off. None the less it beats having to walk down in your climbing shoes or lug a bulky pair of approach shoes. I cannot comment on the durability as they are too new but they seem to be well stitched and put together for a canvas shoe. I am very pleased with the shoe and would recommend them to anyone that does long multi pitch with a short approach (less than 2 miles). These are definitely not backpacking shoes unless you are conditioned for long distances in minimalist runners.

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