In a message dated 1/6/2010 6:41:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> It was dumb how it happened. I was down to the last 4 sections, where
the
first set of guys were, and in a fit of sheer "stupid" it seemed like a
good
idea, as long as I was up there, to unhook the guy cable over the leg of
that
section, then climb down and initiate a sort of controlled fall to speed
up
the process.
> Thankfully the tower had a concrete base that was lodged in muddy soil
and
did not fall like a rock, but still pretty fast.
I don't understand the failure mode. So you were trying to do a
controlled fall and it hit you? What's that got to do with unhooking a guy
cable?
Did the base move in the ground and it fell? Please clarify. Tnx.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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