[Towertalk] falling from my tower

[EUGENE SMAR]

    "Accidents happen."?    No such thing, either in a car on on a tower!  I
recently fell off a step ladder in my garage retrieving a few variable caps
for my gamma match on 160M.  Held onto the box with both hands, took a step
down off the next-to-top step with my right leg and my shifted weight pushed
the ladder the opposite direction.  My fault entirely.

     Let's be careful out there.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
P.S.  About four years ago the Indianna State Police revised their traffic
incident reports to delete the word "accident."  I think they now use the
term "collision."

-----Original Message-----
From: K7FL <k7fl@arrl.net>
To: Towertalk@contesting.com <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] falling from my tower


>There's a saying in mountain climbing (and other areas too) that it's the
>"little stuff that will kill you". I lost a friend on a climb several years
>ago when he tripped over his loose boot lace and fell off the mountain. I
>suspect he knew the lace was loose, but didn't foresee the worst case
>outcome of ignoring the problem. The same thing happened on Everest a few
>years ago where an experienced climber lost her balance while she was off
>the carbineer.  Obviously, the same logic applies to tower work regardless
>of how experienced one is. Accidents happen. The key is to take your time,
>use your head, and consider the potential effect of anything that seems non
>standard or out of the ordinary.
>
>I'm glad K7PUC shared his story and has lived to make more Q's.
>
>Dennis, K7FL
>Battle Ground, WA
>
>=========
>
>At 11:49 AM 4/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>>But an unexpected event occurred.  My right boot caught on the
>>ladder rung.  At the same time I must have had one or both hands
>>off the cross braces (I wasn't carrying anything--maybe one hand
>>was free and the other hand got pulled off, I don't know).
>
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