LaSportiva shoes

If you mean the kendos, I used them for, as you so aptly put it, "many moons." They were my favorite shoe, and yes, they did lead me to that company in the beginning of my comp days. These days, however, I work with 5.10

I remember back when Miura's first came out, I saw Katie with a pair at the Miami University comp and I thought man I have to get a those. I was a 5.10 Anasazi man before that. Have been with Sportiva's ever since. Now that Katie's working with 5.10, maybee I'll have to switch back ;)
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My fat foot never could fit a Sportiva, so my last great fitting and performing shoe has been a 5.10 basic blue lo-cut. I know not the model, but I love them. Comfy as all for my flat foot.

yeah, 5.10 fit those of use with paddle feet pretty good.

All leather, and soft too. Not like my super stiff leather Red Chili's with the side cranked toe area. It rubs down hard on the big toe 'knuckle with such pain I'm still breaking them in.

Thanks Katie, and I enjoy my copy of your book and get a kick out of your additions to the Pilgramige video.

I am considering resoling my shoes. I see a company called "the rubber room" does that. Is it worth it, or should I just bite the bullet and purchase a new pair?

Rock and Resole in Boulder do a GREAT job. I've been getting my shoes 1/2 soled there for many years, and he'll use whatever rubber you want, he even has the Madrock 3D soles.
Cheers!

I had really good luck with the pair of shoes that I had resoled.
And I have never heard many complains from climbing friends who had
their shoes resoled. I should mention that my big toe had broken
through the front of each shoe, thought they were unsalvageable, and
was ready to throw them out. Someone convinced me to try and resole
them. I was skeptical, but the results were better than I expected.
The shoes looked almost new. One caveat to this example though is
that I tend to be someone that takes pretty good care of my gear.

I think it depends upon you personal style whether to resole or buy
new shoes. If you have the 'perfect' shoe and don't want to break in
new shoes, then it's probably worthwhile to get them resoled.