Yes, you have indeed said that several times here before, and it was
just as ignorant a comment then as it is now. Every time you unhook or
hook to the tower you only have one hand on the tower ... just exactly
as you only have one hand on the tower when you reach up while climbing
... the difference being whether or not you are hooked in while that
second hand isn't on the tower. How you can possibly believe that one
hand on the tower is safer than one hand on the tower PLUS one hook on
the tower, or that a free hand not on the tower is more reliable than a
hook already on the tower, is totally beyond me.
Dave AB7E
On 9/17/2014 8:42 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
I have said this many times before. If you can't 'free climb' then you
SHOULD NOT be climbing at all. The use of a gorilla hook has it's place -
for resting or at the work station. But IMO it should not be used to assist
the climb! Every time you have to hook and unhook the gorilla hook it means
you only have one hand left on the tower. That to me is unsafe. With free
climbing, both hands are available to grab the tower. If you can't free
climb - don't climb.
Doug
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