[TowerTalk] tower climbing

[Mike]

>I wear my hiking boots when working on the tower.  With their hard, firm
>soles, thick socks, my feet could stay up there for hours (the rest of me
>wants down in an hour!).  I used to wear tennis shoes/running shoes, but
>could feel the bar.  I don't feel the bar in hiking boots.  The grooves in
>the boot soles seem to fit the horizontal bars very well and give an added
>element of 'traction'.


Boots with a steel shank in the sole are sure worth their money when you
are on a tower.
Mike...NO6X



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