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Our Testers Are Divided on La Sportiva's Beginner-Friendly Take on an Elite Shoe

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By Matt Samet 
| Climbing Magazine
Published June 2, 2026 12:41PM One of my first sport-climbing mentors was Jean Delataillade, a French ex-pat living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who’d imported his country’s top-down bolting tactics to our desert state’s welded tuff. Jean was tall and lean, with fingers of steel and balletic footwork; his wife was an artist and drove a retired hearse. Jean was the coolest, and teenage me wanted to be just like him.
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The All-New Ocun Jett S is an Affordable Gym-Climbing Beast

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By Matt Samet 
| Climbing Magazine
Published May 6, 2026 03:00AM My buddy Brandon Fields and I may not be the best testers for the single-strap-closure Ocun Jett S. This bouldering/training slipper’s long, narrow, pointy last is designed primarily for slender Egyptian feet, while Brandon and I are both Roman-footed Hobbits. But we are the testers you got—and, fortunately, these shoes stretch to conform to all feet—so here is my review.
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An Affordable Shoe That Actually Climbs Well? We Investigate.

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By Matt Samet 
| Flipboard
14 hours ago Prolific rock climber Dean Potter struggled with his mental health before his tragic death. Potter's life and death are charted in HBO's four-part docuseries The Dark Wizard. In the finale, which aired on Tuesday, May 5, his longtime partner, Jen Rapp, gives insight into his mental state leading up …
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