Ask any Trauma Doctor
They will tell you the stats on Falls
"Above 40 feet is 50% Fatal"
Always stay attached
Climb and Descend with precision
Steve
KG5VK
http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 5:57 PM jcjacobsen@q.com <jcjacobsen@q.com> wrote:
> Don, K4KYV, was reminiscing about putting a tower up by himself years ago.
> At one point he said:
>
> "You will likely be just as dead falling from 30' as falling from 130'."
>
> I have a friend that used to crawl towers in his younger days. He used to
> say the same thing, but always added: " The only difference is from 130'
> you get just a little longer to enjoy the view".
>
> Don't know if that was a fatalist point of view, or just being realistic.
>
> 73
> Jake K9WN
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