[Towertalk] Double protection - climbing

[Ken Cechura]

QST had an article about this some time ago....  (well, within the last
10 years)....  If this wasn't finals week, I'd go down to the radio club
office and find it for you, but I am lacking time, and probably wont
remember after christmas break.  If you're interested in it, drop me an
email and remind me about it after break (mid-january) and ill scan it
and send it to you.


73
Ken

       Kenneth R. Cechura, KC9UMR 
      University of Missouri-Rolla
  Department Of Electrical Engineering  
     President, 2002, W0EEE, UMR ARC
	President Elect, 2003, W0EEE
         email: kcechura@umr.edu 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:33 PM
To: K7LXC@aol.com; hrg@cifnet.com; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Double protection - climbing


At 04:06 PM 12/16/02 -0500, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/16/02 12:34:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
>hrg@cifnet.com
>writes:
>
> > Is there a beginner's guide to climbing towers?
>
>     I've never seen one, not even in the commercial field. Everyone 
>picks up their knowledge on-the-job and/or from more experienced hands.
>
>     This is where the splendid folk on TowerTalk can be real helpful. 
>Just realize that *everyone* has their own preferred method for some of

>these things. I'll guarantee you that if you've got 5 tower climbers, 
>you've got 5 different ways of doing things.
>

But I think that most would agree on a few important basics.  Of these,
I'd 
suggest a few, and I'm sure others can add similar thoughts:

-- think it through before you go.  Anticipate as many issues as you can

before you're up in the air.

-- take your time, and don't overschedule.  Everything takes longer on
the 
tower, so don't overload yourself and hurry.

-- keep your mind focused on the job from the time you leave the ground 
till the time you return.  I bet more accidents have happened on the way

down, when people are thinking "I wonder how it's gonna work," than on
the 
way up.

-- when you start to get tired, get down.

73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower




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