[Amps] Tower Climber

Roger sub1 at rogerhalstead.com
Wed Sep 29 19:37:06 PDT 2010



On 9/29/2010 10:00 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> This from the ARRL Letter:
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> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
> The video of a tower worker "free climbing" at heights over 1700 feet has been making the rounds despite the best efforts of its originator to expunge it.
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> (Free-climbing is a violation of safety and workplace rules.)
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> Nevertheless, hams are agog over it and if there is one benefit, the ensuing discussion reinforces the attitude of "safety first" and emphasizes the need for proper climbing gear, such as a fall-arrest harness and being attached to the tower 100% of the time.
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And here we *used to* go up 30' and 40' wooded poles with nothing but a 
pair a spurs and climbing belt. <:-))  Some of those old poles were held 
upright only by the wires hooked to them. Twas kinda like climbing a 
bungee cord, or sticking your spurs into a moving target. Now I know why 
the young guys got to climb the poles and the older guys stayed on the 
ground.

73

Roger (K8RI)
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> Jim W7RY
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