You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

Now we all know that Sportiva makes the best climbing shoes this side of the Parthenon.

But it turns out that even the most dedicated dirtbags have to spend an ungodly amount of time on the flats among the sad lost

lowland civilians. And that's where Sportiva's approach shoes come in. Legends

like the Boulder X can comfortably scramble you up slabs, boulders, boulders, easy pitches until the big guns come out.

And for when you're not actually in the mountains, well, as you peruse the hemp milk selection

at the whole paycheck, nothing says I've climbed a cap, like a brightly colored pair of TX3's that are relentlessly scuffing the floor.

Belied up to the bar for that post- near-death experience beer, let them know those gobies didn't come from labor with a pair of impossibly lightweight TX2s.

After all, isn't the day-to-day drudgery just a protracted scramble to the next climb?

Whether you're actually at the cliff or just standing up in your best friend's wedding.

You better be ready and a pair of multi-sport approach shoes from Sportiva.

Does your partner suffer from tried-again syndrome or one hangitis or even worse delusional

performance disorder well there really isn't a cure for DPD except for a good

Smackdown but it does probably mean that you've been belaying them for hours and hours on end and are now suffering from BMP or belayer neck pain.

A stiffness in the cervical spine just below the occipital region of your thick

skull but now there's a cure for BMP resulting from DPD ask your doctor about

ballet specs and when he doesn't know what the hell you're talking about, just smile and tucked that prescription

for opiates away for your next overseas plane flight.

But then ask several strangers about Bela Spex.

Ask that cute barista at the coffee shop on the corner about Belay Spex. Ask that cute barista at the coffee shop on the corner about

Bela Spex. In fact ask everyone you know about Bela Spex. Keep talking about

Bela Spex until nobody wants to climb with you anyway.

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