[TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

[Haring family]

A stiff steel or wood (it's lighter) shank is essential. If you always have
your arch on a rung, partial- or 3/4 shanks are ok.

I have full-length wood shanks (left over from previous hobbies), and can
comfortably stand on a rung with just the front inch of sole... but they
are single-purpose; not fun to walk in otherwise.

73, Dave N3AC

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 20:08 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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