You must be fast! I had to help pick up a 28 year old (sponge basically)
who fell 180' off a monopole (didn't work for me, another company) a few
years ago who thought he was fast too. He was even on a catwalk. Needless
to say his 8 month old daughter at the time doesn't know her daddy anymore
over a JOB. It's not worth it dude.
When moving hooks you always have ONE attached to the tower. Thus 100% tie
off. But I rest my case.
73 Dave n4zkf
On 9/18/14 12:29 PM, "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net> wrote:
>Are you talking from experience or just speculating? When climbing,
>remember I said climbing, my 'free' hand is in close proximity to the
>tower
>and if anything should happen to my other hand or feet, I can INSTANTLY
>grab
>the tower with my free hand. When moving a Gorilla hook your mental focus
>has changed and you only have one hand on the tower.
>
>Also remember I said 'if you can't free climb, you shouldn't be climbing'.
>However you climb, free or assisted, you need to be in physical shape,
>rested, and mentally focused.
>
>Ask 'how many hams have fallen while climbing and have their fall aborted
>with a Gorilla hook and fall arrest harness'?
>Doug
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>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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