[Towertalk] shoes...

[Jim White]

 I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS - AT WALMART????

I have been hunting a good pair of steel shank shoes for years and theonly
ones I could find were ten times this price....are you sure this is a shank
that runs the length of the sole?

K4OJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>
To: "Steve Litwins" <litwins@badsector.com>; <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] shoes...


> On 4/3/02 8:13 PM, Steve Litwins at litwins@badsector.com wrote:
>
> >Somebody mentioned that some types of shoes are not good for climbing.
What
> >are the good types?  I suspect the old pole climbers and tree climbers
are
> >not good for towers.  The last time I climbed towers I used hard-soled
> >sneakers with large deep tread.  Good...bad??
>
> Head out to WalMart and find the work shoes section. Find shoes with a
> solid steel shank. You can buy a pair for less than $25. I did. They are
> a sorta ugly black running shoe, but they pay for themselves within two
> minutes of being on a tower rung.
>
> Climbed the tower the other day and got to 12 feet high before I realised
> I forgot to change my shoes. Fortunately, it was a short climb.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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