[Towertalk] Near Tragedy Averted

Jim White Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:42:49 -0500


80 year old climbing - more power to him....good attitude...but now he knows
his limitations...and he had sense enough to employ a fall harness...yes his
pride is undoubtedly hurt but I salute his percevierence and wish him well.

Hope he was able to get his work done for the contest!  Maybe he was turning
his beams for the Floirda QSO Party which is only 29 days away!

73,

Jim, K4OJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Markowski Jr." <km9m-zig@attbi.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Near Tragedy Averted


> It wasn't a cherry-picker, it was a fire department aerial tower. He was
> actually rescued by a firefighter on rescue lines. I just cringe when I
hear
> fire apparatus called "cherry-pickers". The CNN guy called it a
cherry-picker
> too!  The ham was 80 yo. Must have been getting ready for  wpx.
> 73,
> Zig KM9M
>
>
>
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