[TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

[towers at mhtc.net]

Several reasons why I don't like them for tower climbing (and I DO have several pairs of steel toed-shoes for operations where they are desirable.....chainsaw work (actually have Kevlar, steel toed boots for that), landscape work moving boulders that could crush your feet, etc.

1. Can put added stress on your toes, since zero flexibility there.
2. Suck the heat from your feet in cold wx.
3. Heavier
4. Zero "give", which sometimes you might want to have, particularly on the narrow tower like a Rohn 25, or even worse a Rohn 20. Same for the BDX and other towers with no horizontal members to stand on.

73,
Karl 
WD9BGA
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Alker (ka6ken at alker.net)
Date: 09/22/21 16:11
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower climbing shoes or boots - suggestions needed

Why "non-steel toed for climbing"?  Is the steel toe a detriment when
climbing?

--On Friday, September 10, 2021 8:24 PM -0500 towers at mhtc.net wrote:

>
> 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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