I wear hiking/construction boots pretty much every day-when I work, and when I hike-very comfortable, even the steel-toed ones I wear.
That said, I had a pair of those awful ankle breaker shoes just like Sarah’s in the 70’s-I wore them (with a mini-dress) on a date to the Folklife Festival, where I tripped over someone’s foot in the crowd at a beer booth and fell. My fiance grabbed my arm, and went and rolling down a grassy embankment with me. We stopped at the bottom unhurt, me with my dress over my head. Never, ever wore platform shoes or heels to an outdoor event again...
Oh man, I think we all have horror stories from platform shoes, but I have to admit, rolling down a hill with your dress over your head definitely beats any trip/fall story I experienced. I’m embarrassed for you!