Burn from a climbing shoe?

It took my heals a good 5-6 weeks. I work in a hospital and at around the 2 week mark i saw one of the wound care specialists who debrided all the dead stuff off which helped. Importantly, you don't want the wounds too wet or too dry.

I cut out the backs of sneakers so I could exercise and wore clogs to work.

I gym climbed by cutting out a hole in the back of a pair shoes but left a little strip of rubber that sat above the wounds. 

If you don't let the skin really heal and develop some degree of callus, you are going to be set back. If it is still tender, I would delay any climbing.  

thanks for sharing! i might resort to cutting holes in my shoes to climb/run as well.. and in the meantime hope the healing doesn't take too long

That weeping burn hole photo is barf~!

Vik, one more unsolicited rec: be very careful climbing in the sun during the 1st year after the healing - the new skin, even if it looks fully healed, is not as 'strong' as the original and I now make sure to get my shoes off at belays.  A repeat burn would be awful.  

I am 48 and have climbed/surfed and played rugby since college and had a lot of injuries - but these heal burns were the most painful.  Sleeping was tough and it brought tears when one my kids inadvertantly gave me a flat-tire.  Don't walk in front of too many toddlers ;)

thanks for the advice, neal! will definitely proceed with caution, I'm trying to figure out some kind of sock+shoe padding combination for my trip. and I can totally understand the pain, i've been ultra careful around groups of people to make sure nobody accidentally steps on my heel..

had the bright idea to climb Inferno on a super hot sunny day. Bingo. Burned the heels. I have had it happen a few times but the worst was on Hotter than Hell and Inferno.. . Always try to shade the feet at belays...

Would throwing a few strips of white climbing tape on the heels help. Might absorb less heat. Can’t say this has ever happened to me.  (provided the climb has no heel/toe off width)

My buddy got the hot heel on Levitation 29, we did it a bit out of season and his heels started roasting, so we rapped after the crux pitch. Fortunately, he didn’t get a vicious burn like y’all.

Another Red Rocks potential victim!

I have thought of white paint instead of tape... 

Somebody told me about the white tape trick, so I tried it. Made sense. Didn't work. Maybe you'll have better luck.

Edit: I tried just regular athletic tape. I wonder if a reflective (cyclist?) tape would work better?

Socks, thin socks. It's not rocket science. 

Mark Frumkin wrote: Socks, thin socks. It's not rocket science. 

this is what I do now, ...if its hot. cycling socks.

I had a pair of shoes that were all black and would get frighteningly hot, specifically on slabs on hot days. I coated them with chalk as it was what I always had with me. Actually helped to reflect some of the sun off and cool then down. Looked a bit odd!