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07/01/2008 11:34:59 AM · #1 |
I'll be going from USA to Canada and back.
I'm thinking of wearing my "Timberline" steel toed hiking shoes and packing my "tennis/trainer" shoes in my suitcase. I intend to wear the heavier weight ones, since my suitcase is going to be overweight already.
Other then the inconvenience of having to remove them every time, will I passed the security?
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07/01/2008 11:39:17 AM · #2 |
| As long as you take them off and put them in the bucket to be xrayed you should be ok IMO |
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07/01/2008 11:40:28 AM · #3 |
| Your asked to remove your shoes in a lot of airports anyway. No big deal. Just do it even if not asked to do so. |
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07/01/2008 02:02:36 PM · #4 |
| Yeah, we always take ours off and put them in the tray, along with my camera, keys, and the like. Have a fun trip. |
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07/01/2008 02:08:25 PM · #5 |
| Pretty much all US airports now require removal of shoes anyhow. It will of course be more work to remove the boots and to put them on again after security, but if you are OK with that, should be no problem. They will not have a problem x-raying them. FWIW, many shoes (other than tennis shoes) have steel in the insteps anyhow. |
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07/01/2008 02:09:23 PM · #6 |
Why would you have steel-toed hiking boots anyway?? Falling rocks??
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07/01/2008 02:34:02 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
Why would you have steel-toed hiking boots anyway?? Falling rocks?? |
It allows you to walk straight up magnetite cliff faces ? : )
I don't think that there will be a problem traveling with them. I wear my hiking/work boots when I fly too, because they take up a lot of room in a bag. You will definitely have to take them off at security thanks to "Shoe Bomber".
Just don't make any jokes as you go thru and you will be fine.
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07/01/2008 02:39:47 PM · #8 |
They're quite popular. Timberland Men's steel toe hiking medium height, probably Gore Tex lined waterproofing.
Thanks for the information. That's just what I bought for protection of my toes. There are quite a variety of them on the internet. They are very comfortable, well padder, and supportive, I barely have to tie them.
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I use it as a combination work boot when I work outdoors. As a last resort it can be used for kicking in a self defense situation. I also use it when I do outdoor work, since it is a combination "work boot", too.
Message edited by author 2008-07-01 14:43:57. |
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07/01/2008 05:08:07 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
Why would you have steel-toed hiking boots anyway?? Falling rocks?? |
Last thing you want after walking three days into the woods is to injure a foot. Plus they can be the most comfortable footwear period
I made it from Toronto to Texas with a stopover in Chicago with my boots on Noprobs. They spent more time checking my camera bag then anything.
I wear
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07/01/2008 05:51:19 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by DarkRider:
I made it from Toronto to Texas with a stopover in Chicago with my boots on Noprobs. They spent more time checking my camera bag then anything.
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That's interesting about them checking your bag. I just went through two airports and they let the camera bag right though and it was loaded. They had a much bigger issues with my daughter's sippy and some guys suit jacket. They let it go through and then one of the TSA dudes was very rude trying to figure out who took "something" out of a bin. The bins that look all alike. And everybody is hustling to get their stuff.
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