At age 76 we climb real slow now. Keep both safety straps hooked,
disconnecting-reconnecting one at a time as we move up/down, and also keep
the positioning belt hooked except when going past guy connections. We were
on the way up the other day at about 60 feet when was "visited" by a bunch
of wasps...didn't get stung but ARMS WERE REAL BUSY SWATTING THEM AWAY
while the connections provided security. Could have gotten ugly if was free
climbing.....
Don N7EF
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Mike W2GR via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> Tower mishaps from the OSHA site.
>
> https://www.osha.gov/doc/topics/communicationtower/index.html
>
>
> Sent from my
> Galaxy S4 Smartphone.
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bill via TowerTalk
> <towertalk@contesting.com> </div><div>Date:09/18/2014 7:49 PM
> (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com </div><div>Subject:
> Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident </div><div>
> </div>You better believe it.
>
> I have always been in excellent health. Last fall I started climbing my
> 20 meter tower and got as far as about 40 feet. I suddenly felt very
> light
> headed, my fingers started tingling and I almost passed out. Luckily I
> was belted in and in a few minutes I made it back down the tower.
>
> A trip to my doctor a couple of days later for all kinds of tests (EKG
> etc.) proved nothing was wrong with me or my heart. To this day I have no
> idea what happened...heat, not hydrated? But, you can bet I am always
> hooked
> to the tower...you never know.
>
> Bill K4XS
>
>
> In a message dated 9/18/2014 11:38:09 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
> dezrat@outlook.com writes:
>
> Unless you are momentarily dazed or distracted by some unexpected
> happening. Use your imagination.
>
> When I am on a tower I am always hooked on. Always.
>
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