Climbing shoe

Climbing shoe comprising a substantially sock-shaped shoe-upper formed so as to completely cover a foot of a user;

• and a front sole which is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to cover the tarsal-phalangeal region of the sole of the foot;
• the climbing shoe being characterized by also comprising a rear sole which is separate and spaced apart from the front sole, and is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to at least partly cover the talus-calcaneus region of the sole of the foot;
• a substantially ribbon-shaped medial tensioning strip which is made of elastic material and is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to extend substantially along the center line of the sole of the foot, from the shoe-upper area under the front sole up to the shoe-upper area under the rear sole following an arched trajectory;
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• a rear tensioning strip which is made of elastic material, is fixed on the rear part of the shoe-upper, and is substantially U-shaped so as to cover the rear part of the shoe-upper in the area immediately over the heel and then extend/prolong along the two lateral sides of the shoe-upper,
• wherein two ends of the rear tensioning strip extend on the bottom part of the shoe-upper, along the insole arch region, so as to at least partly cover the insole arch region, and
• wherein the medial tensioning strip has a width which is always less than the width of the bottom part of the shoe-upper, extends along the bottom part of the shoe-upper passing over the ends of the rear tensioning strip, and is glued onto the ends of said rear tensioning strip.