Climbing shoes are expensive! I never thought I would ever spend so much on a PAIR OF SHOES. To make it worse, they wear out much faster than regular shoes.

The best place to buy cheap climbing shoes, hands down, is the REI garage sale. Here in Phoenix, both of the REI stores have bi-annual garage sales where anything that was returned gets sold as ridiculous prices. Slightly used shoes are sold for $20. Almost new shoes are sold for $40. Now, when I say slightly used, I mean VERY slightly… you can tell they’re used, but they have probably 90% rubber left on them. And when i say almost new, I mean you cannot tell they were ever worn.

I’ll pick up 5 or 6 pairs of climbing shoes for the price of one new pair. You can’t be super picky on brands or models, but sometimes you’ll luck out with pairs of Katanas or Muiras. Most of the time, I’ll get lots of Evolv Evos and Deifys which I am totally happy with for the price!