Most recently it won the 2008 Editor’s Choice Award from Climbing Magazine for its Techno shoe. Earlier in the year it won a 2008 Best in Gear Award from Rock and Ice magazine for its high-performance steep shoe, the Mago.

This year’s awards follow on the pardon-the-pun heels of winning the awards last year as well – a Best in Gear Award from Rock and Ice for the Spectro, its performance edging shoe, and an Editor’s Choice from Climbing for the Mago. SCARPA and Climbing Line Manager Heinz Mariacher added to the line for 2008 with four new shoes, creating a well-rounded line of 10 new rock shoes and five approach shoes designed by Mariacher between this year and last.

In this year’s award, Climbing called the Techno a “comfortable, high-performing trad shoe that can swing sport climbing too.” Regarding the Mago, Rock and Ice said: “…it performs well in every kind of face-climbing situation – granite slabs, limestone drips and tufas, and anything that requires advanced edging and heel or toe hooking. It’s also comfortable, a great candidate for the new wave of rope-stretching pitches that everyone seems to be getting after.”

Info: www.scarpa.com.

About Scarpa
Founded in 1938, SCARPA builds performance footwear for hiking, skiing, mountaineering, climbing, trail running and other outdoor pursuits from its headquarters in Asolo, Italy. SCARPA has been owned and operated by the Parisotto family since 1956. In 2005, SCARPA opened its North American headquarters in Boulder, Colo., staffed and directed by veterans of the North American outdoor industry, to oversee sales and marketing in the U.S. and Canada.