La Sportiva

Mythos Eco Climbing Shoe - Women's

Perfect for me

I really love them! I use them for indoor bouldering and top roping. I had trouble figuring out my perfect size but once I did, they fit like a glove! I wear a size 8 in street shoes and a size 9.5 in my mythos.

Not what they used to be, alas.

I've climbed in these shoes and their predecessors (the purple one and the minty green ones) for decades. They really fit my feet well, and I've been willing to tolerate the la sportiva rubber (not my fav) until it's time for a resole and I can get something stickier. Unfortunately, the rubber on the eco is an order of magnitude worse than the old mythos. Even more unfortunately, when I've had the shoes re-soled they delaminate in the mid foot between the lining and the sole so that the shoe bubbles up uncomfortably in in your forefoot. This has happened with two different pairs at two different resolers (both with excellent reputations), and the resolers say that this is a known problem for them. So as much as I love the fit of these shoes I can’t justify tossing them every six months when it is time to resole, especially when the native rubber is so bad.

The Creek ate your new shoe.

Pretty upset with the durability of the Eco leather. I bought a brand new pair before my trip to Indian Creek to do some crack climbing for a week and the sand stone ate four lace loops and shredded the laces. I get that crack climbing if rough on shoes but I was three days in my trip with a brand new pair. They are still grate shoes for face climbing and the gym but I can say the same for rugged Trad anymore. The shoes are practically useless till I find a way to fix the lace loops.

How long are the shoe laces?

I love the way they feel! Way comfier than other brands. I’m a beginner and I wear a size 9- I bought a size 9/40.5 But I want to change the laces to purple- can you tell me how long these laces are??

Great shoes

Love these so much, didn’t take long for the leather to form to my feet, they now feel like they were custom made for my feet.

The best women's trad climbing shoe!!!

This is the best trad climbing shoe - every few years, i buy a new pair. Not too tight, not too loose, works excellent for a whole day of multipitch climbs and torqueing your feet into cracks, and still works for finicky face climbing. They stretch a tad, so whatever fits snug but not painful, maybe 1/2 size less... i am also a huge fan of la sportiva viabram rubber, nice and sticky. If your not sure what climbing shoe, but multipitch trad climbing is your thing, this is the shoe!

Second pair

I’m am happily buying my second pair. I’ve found for any climb up to 11a slab these shoes have great sticky rubber and an edge that stays.

La Sportiva Mythos selling features

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I've put it through the wringer

A re-edition of the famous Mythos climbing shoe, made for its 95% with eco-friendly materials to minimize the environmental impact. It is the versatile shoe par excellence, suitable for long routes thanks to the exceptionally comfortable fit.

Disgusting Quality

Quality of the leather and laces(!) on these shoes are far below my other pair of original Mythos. I’m disappointed :( I hope they withstand two weeks of training until I find another pair.

NOT ABRASION RESISTENT

The very first day I wore these the laces completely ripped and tore. I only climbed a couple single pitch cracks! I know another girl with these shoes and they are beyond shredded! I don't climb hard enough to have this concern, and neither does my friend whose toes poke out of her shoe (she has only owned them a few months and doesn't climb weekly)! These shoes are not made for crack climbing of any sorts. don't waste your money