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Excellent for intended purposes!
The La Sportiva Otakis are a great pair of climbing shoes! Climbing 2-3 times a week I've worn them in adequately in about 4 weeks. Now, they make fantastic shoes for overhanging routes and even slabbing on micro-edges. The vibram XS edge rubber is extremely solid and stands on next to nothing. The only downside of this is the consequent lack of sensitivity, but that's a small price to pay for what they enable. Of course, being quite a stiff downturned shoe you won't be smearing all that well, but that's not what they were made for. I was personally recommended these by a friend and I would do the same.
By Tom