Yes they do Bill. Just depends on where you have them terminated. We all
free climbed back then (us idiots) 25 years ago. Not now! My guys are
fired on the spot if I catch them.
73 Dave n4zkf
On 9/18/14 12:18 PM, "Bill via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
>Those devices are handy....except they do not work on rotating towers.
>
>I used to free climb back in the old days and hook on at the top....not
>any more. I use gorilla hooks on the way up and down and hook up with
>the
>lanyard when settling in to work.
>
>Old saying...There are old tower climbers and there are bold tower
>climbers, but there are no old, bold tower climbers. Belt up guys!
>
>Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>
>
>In a message dated 9/18/2014 4:14:17 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
>EZRhino@fastmovers.biz writes:
>
>The slickest thing I've ever seen is a cable stretched tight from top to
>bottom of the tower, and the climber has a device that goes on the cable
>that only slides UP the cable. It can't slide down, so if you fell it
>would
>hold fast. This also gives both hands free for climbing. I've never
>seen
>these on a ham tower though. Lots of them in my neck of the woods on
>ski
>lift towers.
>
>Chris
>KF7P
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:03 AM, TexasRF--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>
>> Please enlighten me: when climbing with a gorilla hook, is there only
>one
>> hook/lanyard used or are there two hook/lanyards used?
>>
>> If two, wouldn't there always be one of the hooks attached to the
>>tower?
>>
>> 73,
>> Gerald K5GW
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/18/2014 8:49:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> xdavid@cis-broadband.com writes:
>>
>>
>> Yes, you have indeed said that several times here before, and it was
>> just as ignorant a comment then as it is now. Every time you unhook
>>or
>> hook to the tower you only have one hand on the tower ... just
>>exactly
>> as you only have one hand on the tower when you reach up while
>>climbing
>> ... the difference being whether or not you are hooked in while that
>> second hand isn't on the tower. How you can possibly believe that
>>one
>> hand on the tower is safer than one hand on the tower PLUS one hook
>>on
>> the tower, or that a free hand not on the tower is more reliable than
>>a
>> hook already on the tower, is totally beyond me.
>>
>> Dave AB7E
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/17/2014 8:42 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
>>> I have said this many times before. If you can't 'free climb' then
>>>you
>>> SHOULD NOT be climbing at all. The use of a gorilla hook has it's
>place
>> -
>>> for resting or at the work station. But IMO it should not be used
>>>to
>> assist
>>> the climb! Every time you have to hook and unhook the gorilla hook
>>>it
>> means
>>> you only have one hand left on the tower. That to me is unsafe.
>>>With
>> free
>>> climbing, both hands are available to grab the tower. If you can't
>free
>>> climb - don't climb.
>>> Doug
>>>
>>
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