In reply to Cloverleaf:
> .... Even with a replacement pair I'd still like to get these resoled as I really hate being wasteful with things that should be totally repairable.
Yeah, I hear ya. I’m totally the same in that way and in other similar ones . For example, I used to be wild for keeping ‘spare’ gear I’d upgraded from for example ‘just in case’ I came across potential climbing partners with talent but not, or less than desirable kit that would enable them to ‘keep up’ with me easier on stuff I knew they’d be safely capable of.
Took me far too long to realise I was gonna have to sack that shit in though, for a million reasons, sadly with stopping the waste of years of my climbing life by looking in the wrong place for said people being the biggest one.
But to get back to your point, sort of: yeah, if you’re gonna consider mine just as a backup/ replacement pair (if you like them that much. Read on) you might want to check what the cost and level of hassle to re-sole them would actually be. Because good for me, bad for you unfortunately, they appear to have quietly become unusually valuable 2nd hand to a hard-core group of fans who seem to be unconvinced to switch to the new G5s, for some reason, which has obviously and simultaneously now made the Batura 2s impossible to buy new and or even on clearance sales anymore.
Regards,
Jonny.