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>From: kb9cry@attbi.com
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: 2/11/02 11:26:59 AM
>An important note to make is that all of you should have
>a shock absorbing lanyard. The reason is, to sum it up
>greatly, is that when your body falls, and then is
>abrupty stopped by a line, the forces that are exterted
>on the body are on the order of about 5000 lbs for a
>typical 300 lb body. That's enough force to really mess
>you up. The shock absorbing lanyards are designed to
>cushion the fall shock to on the order of around 500 lbs.
Question - I've always used a lanyard made from some heavy dynamic
kermantle climbing rope. Would you think that would suffice or
would you suggest getting one of the commercial "progressive"
shock absorbing lanyards?
Frank
W2FCA
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