add climbing shoe reviews

Author: Cavenfish

pages/blog/index.md

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 My blog is mostly a collection of random tutorials/guides on how to do things
 (mostly coding based). I will also occasionally write some product reviews. 
 
+\post{
+    "Climbing Shoe Reviews"
+    "My thoughts on climbing shoes I've owned."
+    "/pages/blog/product_reviews/climbing_shoes.md"
+}
+
 \post{
     "Canonical Velocity Rescaling Thermostat",
     "A short guide on implementing the CVR thermostat in Julia.",

pages/blog/product_reviews/climbing_shoes.md

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+# Five Ten NIAD
+
+I love this shoe, and would recommend it.
+
+- Solid heel
+- Very comfortable 
+- Good for smearing and edging
+- Toe hooks are okay
+- Does not excel at overhung routes 
+
+This shoe initially is very hard, but after a few weeks climbing in them
+they become quite soft. So if you prefer hard shoes, these might not be for
+you. The sizing from Adidas on these shoes run small, so your regular street
+shoe size will already feel like you downsized 1 EU size.
+
+
+# Scarpa Quantics
+
+I highly recommend avoiding this shoe.
+
+This was the first pair of climbing shoes I bought, and I very quickly
+bought a new pair. These shoes have a stitch right where the big toes rest
+in the show, which when you downsize (not even by much, I went down half an EU
+size) the stitch aggresively digs into your big toe. Since climbing involves
+putting nearly all your body weight on your toes, the force is strong enough
+that the stitch actually cuts open your big toe. Taping up your toes helps
+prevent this, but the pain from climbing becomes unbearable.
+
+When I tried the shoe out in the store before buying it, I didn't notice the
+stitch. It might have been because of the socks I had on at the time, or because
+I didn't climb in them. Regardless, its easy to not notice the stitch when trying
+it on but once you start climbing it becomes incredibly painful.