Filming a Fuming Glacier in Iceland Go on location as Mark assists a National Geographic TV crew with some steamy, snowy spelunking. Climbing Cameroon's Mandara Mountains Mark leads a National Geographic Expedition on a first ascent of skyscraping volcanic spires. Great Trango Tower Get full, multimedia coverage of the storming of Earth's biggest vertical rock face by Mark and the rest of The North Face Climbing Team.
Cheap shoes are, well, cheap shoes.
For rock climbing, ice climbing, and hiking I climb exclusively with La Sportiva. I guess you could say that I'm biased because they sponsor me. However, I can tell you that I sought them out because I felt that they made the best all-around shoes. Ask around, and I think you'll hear the same opinion from a lot of climbers. All the shoes are made in Italy where they design and manufacture a quality product that tends to last a lot longer than other shoes.