



In many places they call Mariacher the “climbing shoe guru”, sometimes the word legend is even used. “I was just in the right place at the right time”, says Mariacher laconically. Inhospitable mountains and cliffs that are hundreds of meters high in particular, teach humility and pragmatism. “Before, shoes for climbing were extremely stiff, like a board,” says Mariacher. “They were worn four sizes too small.” Up until his shoe, which went down in history as the “Mariacher” model: With a rubber sole, which also makes frictional steps possible, and the feeling of a second skin. A world first – that an entire sport had been waiting for.

Mariacher invented classics like the La Sportiva Mythos

“I am always thinking of new things that I wouldn’t have thought of ten or twenty years ago,” says Mariacher. For La Sportiva, his previous employer and also a classic among the Italian manufacturers, he invented, among other things, the Mythos. “Actually, as a performance shoe,” says Mariacher. Alexander Huber, for example, wore it during his free solo ascent of the Cima Grande. The Evergreen is a comfortable lace-up shoe, but has also become a shoe used in the moderate recreational field and for alpine enjoyment routes. “There are still large volumes sold today,” says Mariacher.