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Old 21st August 2007, 07:37 PM   #1
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To alleviate the pressure and discomfort on your arches you can use these.

1st of all they do not fit alloy climbers, my climbers are steel Bashlin's.

They sort of clip together and there's two screws with shake proof washers that hold them together.

Here's a link to their website, http://www.buckinghammfg.com/index.c...&ParentCat=191

You can have short or long gaffs, up to you, in these pics I have long gaffs fitted to the climbers.

You need to make sure that the boots you are wearing have sufficient arch clearance for them though. If your boots are too flat then the whole exercise is futile. When I buy boots I take these with me.



I do a lot of palms and they're good for that, however in a tree I tend to climb on Bashlin alloys without (and they dont fit) foot plates. That's because you get better underfoot feeling for branches and can stand in crotches.

The foot plates can jump out of the boots arch area from time to time, that's a real PITA, usually means loosening off a strap and repostioning it then tightening up the climber strap again. Again, more likely to happen from crotches in trees.

There is another product out too called Talon climbers. I cannot comment on those but do believe there's the odd member and lurkers who do own them, hopefully they pipe up.


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Old 21st August 2007, 11:41 PM   #2
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I just checked out those climbing sandles,...They look like they come from the Islands..LOL.
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Old 24th August 2007, 06:41 PM   #3
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I will try them on my steelclimbers from buckingham
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Old 24th August 2007, 11:13 PM   #4
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I've had a pair of the Talon climbers for 5 or 6 years now. Real comfortable and easy on the instep to stand on a spar with but difficult to do much limb walking due to the slipperly bottoms and large size. Mine have the large velcro(spelling?) shin wraps.
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Just got a pair of these footplates for my buckingham spikes.

I plan on using them on these removals coming up, I'll post back to let you know what I think of them!
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do u use them ekka, how long u had them, while ive got ur attnetion have u ever fitted thse dura poly trax to ur kanga?
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I use these footplates mainly on palm trunks or blocking down.

For trees I dont use them as they interfere with grip and feeling on branches and crotches, they get annoying.

No I haven't fit polly tracks, and haven't really had the situation arise enough where I need tracks up here.
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