I’ve had problems fitting climbing shoes my whole life. I have the classic ‘duck foot,’ meaning a narrow heel, wide forefoot, but low volume.
Wider rock shoes tend to be higher volume, and narrower shoes are typically lower volume. I was always stuck in the middle. But the Five Ten Crawe seemed unreal. It fit my foot like adidas had used my shoe for the last. This year, they became available after a lengthy COVID-induced delay, and I couldn’t be happier. And they fit and feel even better after 3 months of testing on limestone, granite, and plastic.
In short, if you have a duck foot and love to clip bolts on steep lines or scale boulders at the limits of your ability, the Crawe could be the shoe of your dreams. It sure fits that bill for me.

That Duck Foot Fit
I did a double-take when I slipped on the men’s size 10 (I wear a 10 running shoe). Wait, a shoe that didn’t smash my fifth metatarsal? My little toe had outsole support? I could backstep on that side of my foot — no way!
Indeed, it felt like adidas had formed the Five Ten Crawe specifically for sport climbers and boulderers with a duck foot. The heel felt narrow and tight, the middle of the shoe followed the contours of my relatively high arch, and the kicker was that the entirety of my forefoot fit upon the outsole.
Nothing was hanging off the outside edge, there was no undue upper pressure on my fifth metatarsal, and my little toe had room to lie flat. This was the first time a shoe fit my forefoot like that.

Construction Quality of the Five Ten Crawe

The Five Ten Crawe on the Cliffs and Plastic
