[TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

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Ditto for Redwings.  Non-steel toed for climbing.  Vibram soles give you the "gap" that Chuck referred to.  Can use them for hiking/lawn mowing/you name it between tower climbs, so a good investment.


Karl
WD9BGA
EN53ba
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Dietz (w5prchuck at gmail.com)
Date: 09/10/21 19:21
To: Ken Alker (ka6ken at alker.net)
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

I use Redwings. They have work boots with shanks in the soles. They also
have soles with a small gap between the heel and the front that will keep
your foot from slipping off a tower rung.  They have stores all over.

Chuck W5PR

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 7:08 PM Ken Alker <ka6ken at alker.net> wrote:

> Can I get some suggestions for comfortable tower climbing shoes with some
> kind of very stiff (metal?) soles to support myself without my shoes
> curling around the horizontal tower members while I am stationary for long
> periods of time while working upon the tower?
>
> My tennis shoes barely fit between the Rohn 25 verticals, so I ASSuME
> boots
> would be too wide, although I've never seen tower climbing shoes before
> (vs. boots), but maybe they are made.
>
> The thought occurred to me that some simple metal plates could be strapped
> to the bottoms of my tennis shoes, kind of like the old metal skates I had
> in the early 70's, for a cheap alternative without investing in a pair of
> shoes that I'll use only a couple dozen times in my lifetime.  However,
> I've never seen such a thing on the market, but maybe they exist.
>
> Anyone selling anything used?
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions.
>
> Ken Alker
> KA6KEN
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