Oddly enough, I feel that climbing shoe design has slowed down. I bought my first Solutions in 2007 and haven't upgraded since. They still seem to be one of the

Oddly enough, I feel that climbing shoe design has slowed down. I bought my first Solutions in 2007 and haven't upgraded since. They still seem to be one of the top shoes on the market (although I hear good things about the Drago). As a matter of fact, the last climbing shoes I bought were the Miura VS, which I'm pretty sure is even older than the Solution! The latest shoe from La Sportiva (I think it's the Theory) is designed for indoor / competition use, and basically has changes in design to cater for common materials and shapes of holds used in modern competition. It's not really an evolution of climbing shoe design, more a specialization.