On 1/7/2015 3:56 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Yup.
"They say" that heart attacks always give a warning, but normally those
warnings are interpreted as almost anything other than what they are.
Heart attacks are good at masquerading as something else until they are
full blown, but sometimes they come with no recognizable advanced
warning. Strokes often come with no warning and can come on in
seconds. I don' remember who it was, but an announcer, or news caster
on radio was giving his spiel when his normally well rehearsed speech
suddenly deteriorated into gibberish in a sentence.
I always carried an HT on a tether, but some how it came unhooked,
whether I didn't hook up correctly or it caught on something? .
At-any-rate that Kenwood TH-7HG (I think it was) hit the "soft" yard,
antenna first. it drove the antenna all the way into the dirt (I said it
was soft). The antenna survived, BUT the HT literally exploded. The
window over the digital readout was blown out (never did find it) along
with some other parts. I found most of them. It was well beyond what
they call economical repair. I keep it out in the shop as a memento and
reminder for new climbers. <:-)) at 32ft/sec^2 that HT was moving a
bit over 80 ft/s when it hit the ground. I don't remember what that
little HT weighed, but energy = 1/2(MV^2) where M = Mass and V =
velocity a 1# object would hit with a force of 1600 ft lb
73
Roger (K8RI)
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:47:31 -0500
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Hidden danger in Tower Climbing
I had an article published on this as a pilot, but I'll try to keep it
oriented to tower climbing,
Something to think about when climbing!
I'd still be climbing except a stroke grounded me. I exercised and
watched what I ate. I felt fine. One day I turned around and stepped
forward only to have my left foot slip like I'd stepped on ice, but it
was on the living room carpet. No warning or advanced symptoms. As I
waited for them to haul me away I could feel my left side shutting down
as I was able to do less and less movement. I didn't know if I'd ever
be back. Had I been on the tower or piloting an airplane I would not
have had time to get on the ground safely.
73, good luck, and climb safely,
Roger (K8RI)
## yet another reason not to do something stupid.... like free climbing. Folks
may
want to take a cell phone up the tower with em...with the provisio that its
tethered
in some fashion. Drop a cell phone from 80 feet up.....and its not gonna help
much.
If you suffer a stroke up a tower, you would be better off to stay put..and
phone
911...vs trying to climb back down.
Jim VE7RF
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Roger (K8RI)
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