Srsly, you're doing something wrong porchie. My teams generally always last me a full year before I replace them, and I know mine get WAY more use than yours. Must be your terrible footwork under-compensating for you're abnormally small shoulders..
And yet I'm wearing the exact same pinks, Anasazi Velcro (big heel cup, old school style; only resoled once) and Mocs as when this thread started. No delamination or anything.
Plus, there's something to be said for not dragging your toes.
i have donated my blown out climbing shoes to the junior rangers stationed in ignace ontario for their maintenance of the boulder field and portage trails. thanks junior rangers!
indeed Betty! if the pad of your big toe feels naked rock first through the blown out shoe, you are doing it right.
climbing conditions are prime in the canadian north now. with blueberries getting ripe.