[TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

[Gene Smar]

I've also used those Vasque over-ankle hiking boots for tower climbing.  
Unfortunately, I was cleaning out the garage last year and YF saw these 
50-year-old boots and convinced me to recycle them.  They provided great 
ankle support, especially while I was aloft on my Trylon tower with its 
diagonal-only cross bracing.  I now have a pair of Red Wing mid-calf, 
dielectric, steel shank work boots, from when I worked at the local 
electric utility.  (I never climbed a utility pole with them.)  They're 
also great for general work but the ankle support is not as tight as 
with the shorter Vasque.  FWIW.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


On 9/22/2021 3:54 PM, K4IDC at comcast.net wrote:
> I have a pair of Vasque hiking boots that I've used for tower work
> for years; very comfortable.
> BUT...not nearly as comfortable as a work platform on the face of the
> tower..well worth the effort if you're standing in one place for extended
> periods of time.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin Midgett K4IDC
>
>
> 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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