Gordon et al,
I hate climbing anything, but realized as a teenager that if I was to have
the big ham station I dreamed of, I was either going to have to hire out all
the climbing or do it myself. I thought with the rest of my life ahead of
me I'd better get used to it, like it or not. I'm 49 and I still hate it,
but I do it.
Gordon I can't tell if your post is attempting to suggest that climbing a 2
inch mast is "unsafe in your highly credentialed opinion", or if you're just
saying "I've climbed a lot of stuff and I don't feel good climbing a 2 inch
mast."
Like I say, I don't feel good climbing ANYTHING, but I've climbed a lot of 2
inch masts and I'm alive to tell about it.
Also, to speak the somewhat-unspoken-but-assumed: ***not all 2 inch masts
are the same.*** You couldn't get me to attach my belt more than maybe 6"
up a water pipe, fence post or electrical conduit (well, maybe 12"). I am
ONLY talking about climbing .25" wall high-grade steel tubing. I have only
climbed masts I have personally installed. So maybe I'm not as crazy as I
sound. I'm actually pretty picky.
Mark, N5OT
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@att.net>
To: "'Gregg Seidl'" <k9kl@centurytel.net>; <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Masts with steps
> Greg, Carl et al,
> I like climbing and am perfectly happy climbing towers, rocks, constructed
> walls, etc...I spent most of a beautiful Friday evening and most of an
> even
> more beautiful Saturday this weekend up on my tower and roof doing antenna
> and tower work...I am a twice certified Climbing Director by the Boy
> Scouts
> of America...I teach climbing to youngsters and adults...but there are
> limits...I don't like climbing things that move...not ice, not really tall
> trees and NOT 2 inch masts!
> I agree with the sensation of climbing things like a mast...when I need to
> stand on top of the tower to tighten bolts on an H-frame to a mast, I GET
> THE POINT that this is really NOT GOOD!
> 73,
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> 201.314.6964
> W2ttt@att.net
> W2ttt@arrl.net
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gregg Seidl
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:06 AM
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Masts with steps
>
> I climbed up my mast about 4 feet to install a large 222Mhz antenna.Boy
> that
>
> sure does give me the hebeshebes.I tell my brain that this is 2 inch .25
> inch wall 1026 pipe and that I could stand up here in a 70 mile breeze
> and
> it won't bend.I go up there and my body is calling my brain a dumb(%!
> because it sure FEELS like it going to bend over.I think it is the
> movement
> that scares the crap out of me. Gregg K9KL
>
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