Age isn't the issue ... physical fitness is. Strength, agility,
reaction time, weight, concentration, vision, hearing ... all have more
impact on your safety on the tower than whatever it says on your birth
certificate.
Climbing in your underwear is fine, although it might have other
predictable consequences (painful abrasions, sun and wind burn, court
mandated psychiatric evaluations, etc). Just be sure to remember the
climbing harness.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 3/17/2011 2:26 PM, Rex Lint wrote:
> This brings up a question for me. I'm 68 and I decited to quit climbing at
> 55, but then I get pressed into service each field day because I can "screw
> up" a beam between the guywires, and I had to help K0TV put up his 50 ft
> boom 20M stack last year because he can't climb, and I can't get help
> everytime I need it on MY tower, so I climb mine SOLO... my decision to
> stop has been defeated at least every other month.
>
> What age do YOU think folks should stop climbing? How about climbing in
> their underwear?
>
> -Rex-
>
> K1HI
> Rex Lint
> Merrimack, NH
> WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
>
>
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