{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T03:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/how-climbing-shoes-should-fit\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T03:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:46:04","slug":"how-climbing-shoes-should-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/how-climbing-shoes-should-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"How climbing shoes should fit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climbing shoes are meant to fit closely, so they feel strange the first time you put them on. A good fit helps you stand on small holds; a pair that hurts makes you want to stop climbing. These points help when you hire or buy your first pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a good fit feels like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your toes touch the end of the shoe and are flat or only slightly bent.<\/li>\n\n<li>There is no empty space at the heel when you stand on your toes.<\/li>\n\n<li>The shoe feels snug but does not hurt after a few minutes of standing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hire before you buy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiring shoes for your first visits shows you which size and fastening you like. Beginner shoes are flat and comfortable; very curved shoes are made for steep walls and can wait. Try shoes on in the afternoon, when your feet are a little bigger, and walk around in them before you decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask the staff at the front desk: they fit shoes every day and can tell you whether a pair is too tight or too loose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climbing shoes feel different from any other shoe. Here is how to tell whether a pair fits before you buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-cruxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}