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Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing gear again

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing gear again
From: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:45:40 -0400
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I like the idea of adjustability in the strap you mentioned, but it is 
plainly intended for use on poles or trees, not for a metal structure 
with potentially sharp edges (as could result from the galvanizing 
process). I don't think I would be comfortable using such a thing.

73

Alan NV8A


On 07/26/05 11:53 am ersmar@comcast.net tossed the following ingredients 
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

>      That positioning chain assembly is too restrictive for use on a tower of 
> any kind, IMHO.  You have limited ability to move around the tower members 
> while you are connected to the tower via this 24-inch long piece of chain.  
> It also looks heavy to take up a 100-foot tower with you.  
> 
>      For use on my Trylon I have a positioning belt made by Buckingham 
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00636.html .  
> It provides the security I need while aloft.  It easily slides through the 
> steel members of the tower as I reposition myself during a project.  Plus I 
> can adjust its length very easily to keep me safe at any point up and down 
> the tower's tapering profile.  
> 
>      As I wrote in the referenced TT post (above), I don't like the idea of a 
> rope lanyard on angle tower members.  Too much risk that the rope will get 
> cut or nicked by a steel angle.  I have a whole bunch of concrete in my 
> tower's foundation and it looks like it might hurt quite a bit if I were to 
> fall onto it from the rotator platform of my tower!  
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