In a message dated 11/27/02 7:29:24 AM Pacific Standard Time,
kr1g@hotmail.com writes:
> I need to join the 2nd 10%, 10% of 10% or 1% who can climb masts. Just
> getting too much stuff to maintain here, and I've got a couple of masts
that
> could use climbing.
>
> Of course if I didn't weight 240 lbs I might be more comfortable - I keep
> thinking I'm too heavy and have a big wind load :)
Well, you said it - "I keep thinking". Climbing is about 90% mental so
you're psyching yourself out. It's a matter of relaxing your mind and quit
listening to your conscious self.
Masts (even pipe ones) are danged strong - you'd have to hook a big rope
from them to your car and have it drive away before you'd even start to bend
one. A 240' person on the mast isn't anywhere close to that sort of stress.
Imagine the mast laying horizontally about 6-feet off the ground. What
would happen if you grabbed the end of it and hung from it? Would it bend a
little? Sure. Would it collapse? No way.
Next time you're climbing and your mind starts to play with you, just
picture your car hooked up to the mast and not being able to bend it over.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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