[Towertalk] near tradedy Redux

[n4kg@juno.com]

On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 14:57:11 -0700 Peter Larsen <ve6yc@shaw.ca> writes:
> 
> Going around/over guy wires is probably the most dangerous
> part of your climb. You should look into some device that will allow 
> you to clip into the tower above the guywire (or obstruction) before 
> you unbelt from the tower. I have a "seat belt" style lanyard with
> a carabineer (sp?) on the side of my belt for this.

N4KG:  My solution to going around antennas / guy wires
	is to have TWO lanyards so that I  ALWAYS have
	a line around the tower.  I use a single 10 ft 1/2 inch
	nylon rope folded and looped around one D ring
	with 5000 lb rated clips on each end.  The loop
	can be adjusted so that I have one shorter and 
	one longer lanyard where the shorter end holds
	me close to the tower and the longer end is
	the primary climbing lanyard.   Tom  N4KG
	


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