On 9/29/2010 10:00 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> This from the ARRL Letter:
>
> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
> The video of a tower worker "free climbing" at heights over 1700 feet has
> been making the rounds despite the best efforts of its originator to expunge
> it.
>
> (Free-climbing is a violation of safety and workplace rules.)
>
> Nevertheless, hams are agog over it and if there is one benefit, the ensuing
> discussion reinforces the attitude of "safety first" and emphasizes the need
> for proper climbing gear, such as a fall-arrest harness and being attached to
> the tower 100% of the time.
>
And here we *used to* go up 30' and 40' wooded poles with nothing but a
pair a spurs and climbing belt. <:-)) Some of those old poles were held
upright only by the wires hooked to them. Twas kinda like climbing a
bungee cord, or sticking your spurs into a moving target. Now I know why
the young guys got to climb the poles and the older guys stayed on the
ground.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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> 73
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> Jim W7RY
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