boots

There probably isn't a "best" boot. there are probably features that make some boots better suited for FL.

Lineman's boots with large, deep heels tend not to have much favor.

Technique will go a long way to making you a good FLer. It takes some time to get the rope wrap figured out.
 
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Lineman's boots with large, deep heels tend not to have much favor.



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Only favored by guys named "boots"

they can FL'ed in, but it takes some practice.
 
Deeply-heeled logger boots work exceptionally well for me. About the only pair of boots I've decided I will never again use for footlocking are some old worn-out-smooth flat/crepe-soled units I use when doing carpentry/etc. where it's better sometimes to have neither heel nor lugs.
 
See what I said? No concensus :)

I knew Johnie Boots was going to chime in here :)I can remember your MC climb in that wonderful ash at the arboretum a few years ago. You had yoour boots on then.

I'll bet that more people don't care for deep heels than favor them.
 
Something with a firm arch of the same sole material. The ones with foam arches covered in hard sole will first shred like tennis shoes when I footlock and then get stuck easily when I step in a crotch.

There is no other demand to have a boot designed having the inner foot and arch protected so the commercial mass market won't design for them. Just by luck or searching intensly does one come up with something-- and then its just this year's model. I've looked at entire walls of outdoor footwear only to walk away shaking my head. I even demoed what we do at an REI and got a look like "what would you ever want to do that for?"

Time to get Nike's ear.
 
Yes i climb trees in them. Obviously you may want a bit sturdier pair for spurring. But when it comes to footlocking and getting around bp in the tree; I find nothing better. I've owned thirty different pair of boots over the past 5 yrs or so(it's sort of an obsession)I've found these two boots to be my favorites.


Altrec.com carries them i think they're about $100-110

And yes they hold up fairly well.
 
I got the CinderCones at www.altrec.com

Mine are from Oct 2003. I switch them out with other REI boots but they get weekly or daily wear. They have strong signs of wear. Cool shoes. They will allow you to use really different footing at times.
 
Easy boots, I use the Sportivas for spurring too. /forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif They are very light and (so far) sturdy enough for spiking a tree. Not sure if they are comfy enough for spurring a removal yet, only prunned so far /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
I didn't intend do imply that the logger boots were the best, merely that they weren't the worst. I've got an old pair of Raichles that I might consider to be the best of the several pair of boots in my arsenal, but my Redwing loggers aren't far behind.

Glen
 
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