Climbing shoe

A climbing shoe (1) comprising:

• a shoe-upper (2) which is shaped so as to accommodate substantially an entire user's foot and has a bottom, a first and a second lateral sides opposite to one another, and a top part;
• a sole (3) made of a polymeric material, which is attached to the bottom (4) of the shoe-upper (2) so as to cover at least a front part of the bottom (4) of said shoe-upper (2);
• and manually-operated closing means (10) that are adapted to tighten the top part of the shoe-upper (2) on the user's foot;
• the closing means (10) comprising a transversal locking strap (11) that extends like a bridge between said first and second lateral sides of the shoe-upper (2) remaining astride and grazing the top part of the shoe-upper (2), and is adapted to pull the same first and second lateral sides of the shoe-upper (2) toward each other;
• wherein said locking strap (11) comprises:
• a plate-like head (15) which has, on at least one of its two major faces, a first hook-and-loop surface structure;
• and a first flexible cord (16) that has its two ends firmly fixed to the plate-like head (15), so as to form a large, substantially U-shaped bight (17);
• and
• wherein the closing means (10) comprise a first loop (12) which is located on a first lateral side of the shoe-upper (2):
• the bight (17) of said locking strap (11) being adapted to be threaded into and/or knotted to said first loop (12);
• and
• wherein the plate-like head (15) of said locking strap (11) is shaped and dimensioned so as not to be able to pass through said first loop (12), and has a semi-rigid foldable structure so as to be able to pass through the first loop (12) when in a folded configuration.